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Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1920

Steam hammer, Westinghouse works / American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

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CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1904.

SUMMARY
From what appears to be a furnace, a large, glowing block is lifted with the help of a crane over to a table by a group of men. A hammer comes from above and pounds down on the block repeatedly as the men turn the block several times so that it will acquire a certain shape.

NOTES
Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 13May1904; H45953.

Original main title lacking.

Camera, G.W. "Billy" Bitzer.

Duration: 3:29 at 15 fps.

For other holdings on this title, contact M/B/RS reference staff.

Biograph catalog no. 2899.

Ref print and dupe neg include a pullback and 1 ft. of black; this printing error has been edited out in production of a digital file.

NCN045659; Steam hammer, Westinghouse Works.

Filmed May 4, 1904, 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; Biograph photo catalog, v. 6 [MI]; Biograph Co. prod. records [MI].

Received: 2/8/93 from LC film lab; ref print; preservation; Paper Print Collection.

Received: 7/7/92 from LC film lab; dupe neg; preservation; Paper Print Collection.

Received: 5/13/04; paper pos; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.

SUBJECTS
Power hammers--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh.
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company.
Factories--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh.
Electric industry workers--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh.
Manufactures--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 (197 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. ref print.
1 reel of 1 (197 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. dupe neg.
1 roll (196 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos.

CALL NUMBER
FEC 1622 (ref print)
FPE 7043 (dupe neg)
LC 2206 (paper pos)

REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID
westhpp 2206 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/westhpp.2206

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