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Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1920

Tapping a furnace, Westinghouse works / American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

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

SUMMARY
A large bucket is lowered into a pit by male workers using machinery. Molten material from a furnace is poured into the bucket using a slide. The bucket, which has flames coming from inside, is lifted up from the pit by a crane.

NOTES
Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 23July1904; H48416.

Original main title lacking.

Camera, G.W. "Billy" Bitzer.

Duration: 3:20 (part 1) and 1:52 (part 2) at 14 fps.

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

Biograph catalog no. 2919; code name (for telegraphic orders) Retailment.

NCN045697; Tapping a furnace, Westinghouse Works.

Filmed May 16, 1904, at the Westinghouse foundries in Trafford City, Pennsylvania, most likely part of the Westinghouse Machine Co.

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: 6/22/92 from LC film lab; dupe neg; preservation; Paper Print Collection.

Received: 7/23/04; paper pos; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.

SUBJECTS
Westinghouse Machine Company.
Furnaces.
Foundries--Pennsylvania--Trafford.
Foundry workers--Pennsylvania--Trafford.
Manufactures--Pennsylvania--Trafford.
Manufacturing processes--Pennsylvania--Trafford.
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 (273 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. ref print.
1 reel of 1 (273 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. dupe neg.
1 roll (273 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos.

CALL NUMBER
FEC 1630 (ref print)
FPE 7079 (dupe neg)
LC 2213 (paper pos)

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

DIGITAL ID
westhpp 2213s1 2213s2 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/westhpp.2213

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