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Title in Biograph photo catalog, v. 6 [MI] and Biograph Co. prod. records [MI]: Panorama motor room, Westinghouse works
CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1904.
SUMMARY
A camera moving forward on an overhead crane gives a traveling view of men working on machinery. Carts carrying parts and pieces of machinery pass by on rails; cranes lift machinery; and men perform their various duties, including hammering objects.
NOTES
Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 2May1904; H45147.
Original main title lacking.
Camera, G.W. "Billy" Bitzer.
Duration: 2:35 at 15 fps.
Materials listed originate from the paper print chosen best copy of two for digitization; for other holdings on this title, contact M/B/RS reference staff.
Biograph catalog no. 2872; code name (for telegraphic orders) Resumptivo.
NCN046366; Panorama view street car motor room.
Filmed April 21, 1904, probably at the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Niver, K.R. Early motion pictures, 1985; AFI cat.: film beginnings, 1893-1910, 1995.
Received: 7/18/94 from LC film lab; ref print; preservation; Paper Print Collection.
Received: 6/20/94 from LC film lab; dupe neg; preservation; Paper Print Collection.
Received: 5/2/04; paper pos; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.
SUBJECTS
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company.
Industrial tours--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh.
Electric railway motors.
Cable cars (Streetcars)--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh.
Electric motor industry--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh.
Factories--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh.
Electric industry workers--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh.
Manufactures--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh.
Manufacturing processes--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh.
Silent films.
Actuality--Short.
Industrial--Short.
RELATED NAMES
Bitzer, G. W., 1872-1944, camera.
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
MEDIUM
1 reel of 1 (145 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. ref print.
1 reel of 1 (145 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. dupe neg.
1 roll (145 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos.
CALL NUMBER
FEC 2547 (ref print)
FPE 8574 (dupe neg)
LC 2126a (paper pos)
REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID
westhpp 2126 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/westhpp.2126
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