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Title in Biograph photo catalog, v. 6 [MI]: Westinghouse Air-Brake Company
CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1904.
SUMMARY
A large group of men are shown performing various tasks in one room at the Westinghouse Air Brake Co. On one side, men are shown pouring a hot liquid into molds on the floor. A conveyor belt delivers items which are then taken off the belt by a man. Men on the other side of the screen appear to be lifting items out of what could possibly be a furnace and putting them on tables. It appears that the men in this room are casting machinery from molds.
NOTES
Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 23July1904; H48417.
Original main title lacking.
Camera, G.W. "Billy" Bitzer.
Duration: 3:19 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. 2908; code name (for telegraphic orders) Retacais.
NCN046368; Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Westinghouse Works.
Filmed May 9, 1904, in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania.
Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Niver, K.R. Early motion pictures, 1985; AFI cat.: film beginnings, 1893-1910, 1995; Biograph Co. prod. records [MI].
Received: 7/18/94 from LC film lab; ref print; preservation; Paper Print Collection.
Received: 6/15/94 from LC film lab; dupe neg; preservation; Paper Print Collection.
Received: 7/23/04; paper pos; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.
SUBJECTS
Westinghouse Air Brake Company.
Founding.
Factories--Pennsylvania--Wilmerding.
Manufacturing processes--Pennsylvania--Wilmerding.
Westinghouse air-brake.
Air-brakes--Pennsylvania--Wilmerding.
Manufactures--Pennsylvania--Wilmerding.
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 (187 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. ref print.
1 reel of 1 (187 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. dupe neg.
1 roll (187 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos.
CALL NUMBER
FEC 2548 (ref print)
FPE 8575 (dupe neg)
LC 2235a (paper pos)
REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID
westhpp 2235 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/westhpp.2235
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