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Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1920

Testing a rotary, Westinghouse works / American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

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

SUMMARY
A small group of men turn on what appears to be a generator. As the rotary spins, the men make adjustments to the machine and check its operations.

NOTES
Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 7May1904; H45460.

Original main title lacking.

Camera, G.W. "Billy" Bitzer.

Duration: 2:49 at 15 fps.

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

Biograph catalog no. 2891; code name (for telegraphic orders) Resurja.

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.

NCN045656; Testing a rotary, Westinghouse Works.

Filmed April 27, 1904, 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; Biograph photo catalog, v. 6 [MI]; Biograph Co. prod. records [MI].

Received: 10/26/92 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: 5/7/04; paper pos; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.

SUBJECTS
Electric generators--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Testing.
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company.
Factories--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh.
Electric industry workers--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh.
Manufactures--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh.
Testing.
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 (159 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. ref print.
1 reel of 1 (159 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. dupe neg.
1 roll (158 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos.

CALL NUMBER
FEC 6361 (ref print)
FPE 6726 (dupe neg)
LC 2217 (paper pos)

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

DIGITAL ID
westhpp 2217 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/westhpp.2217

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