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    Inside an American Factory: Films of the Westinghouse Works, 1904 The Westinghouse Works Collection contains 21 actuality films showing various views of Westinghouse companies. Most prominently featured are the Westinghouse Air Brake Company, the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, and the Westinghouse Machine Company. The films were intended to showcase the company's operations. Exterior and interior shots of the factories are shown along with scenes of male and female workers performing their duties at...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Bitzer, G. W. - American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division
    • Date: 1999

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    Panoramic view aisle B., Westinghouse works
    Variant title: Westinghouse works | Variant title from MAVIS: Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 2 | Westinghouse works | Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 2
    Filmed using a camera on an overhead crane, a traveling view of a large, long aisle is shown. Men are busy performing various tasks on machinery, probably generators. Other men are walking down the aisle in all directions, and carts carrying items come and go. The film ends when the camera reaches the end of the aisle where windows and a large opening are....
    • Contributor: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Bitzer, G. W. - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1904
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    Convention of Red Men, Lancaster, Pa. Catalog Record Only A parade on the streets of Lancaster, Pa., of the Improved Order of Red Men, a fraternal society of white American citizens. Members, many dressed in pseudo-Indian costumes, march with bands and ride on horseback or in covered wagons and carriages. Each group carries an identifying banner.
    • Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Kleine (George) Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1904
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    Assembling and testing turbines, Westinghouse Co. works
    Variant title: Westinghouse works | Variant title from MAVIS: Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 2 | Variant title: Assembling and testing turbines, Westinghouse works | Westinghouse works | Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 2 | Assembling and testing turbines, Westinghouse works
    A turbine is shown operating. Two men walk up to it, check the running of various parts on it, and write their findings down on paper. A third man is seen walking through a few times, once stopping to look at one of the men's writings.
    • Contributor: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Bitzer, G. W. - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1904
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    Casting a guide box, Westinghouse works
    Variant title: Westinghouse works | Variant title from MAVIS: Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 1 | Westinghouse works | Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 1
    A large bucket full of molten material is poured into a large container, possibly a mold, by a group of men using machinery. Some other men stoke the fire under the container. When finished pouring, the men lift the bucket up from the container and take it away on a crane. Two men put prods down repeatedly into the container, while others lay covers...
    • Contributor: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Bitzer, G. W. - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1904
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    [Lancaster, Pa., fire department] Catalog Record Only Shows thirteen pieces of horse-drawn fire equipment rushing down a crowd-lined street in Lancaster, Pa. Taken from a single camera position. The last three feet, taken from another camera position, show people crowding into a street, perhaps the same one as above. Boys stop and stare at the camera, and one shakes his fist.
    • Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Kleine (George) Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1900
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    Mining operations, Pennsylvania coal fields
    Mining operations, Pennsylvania fields
    "The film opens on an area covered with snow where the following operations are visible: track laying, and dirt moving by explosion, grader, steam shovel, and steam engine"--Early motion pictures.
    • Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Jamison, William L.
    • Date: 1904
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    Tapping a furnace, Westinghouse works
    Variant title: Westinghouse works | Variant title from MAVIS: Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 1 | Westinghouse works | Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 1
    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.
    • Contributor: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Bitzer, G. W. - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1904
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    Firemen's parade, Scranton, Pa Catalog Record Only Shows a firemen's parade in Scranton, Pa., composed of uniformed men on horseback, several bands, marching uniformed firemen led by a man dressed like Uncle Sam, buggies, an automobile, and horse-drawn fire engines. Crowds on the sides of the street watch as firemen go by displaying equipment and exhibiting marching prowess. Static camera position.
    • Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Kleine (George) Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1905
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    [Knights Templar parade, Pittsburgh, Pa.] Catalog Record Only A parade of Knights Templar which opens with the men in uniforms, including plumed hats, riding abreast in several lines on horseback as they pass a crowded bunting-draped grandstand. Scene changes to show uniformed men marching in formation past the grandstand; some men carry banners and flags, others sheath their swords as they pass. Shows more men on horseback being led by a man...
    • Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Kleine (George) Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1901
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    Testing a rotary, Westinghouse works
    Variant title: Westinghouse works | Variant title from MAVIS: Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 2 | Westinghouse works | Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 2
    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.
    • Contributor: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Bitzer, G. W. - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1904
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    Panorama exterior Westinghouse works
    Variant title: Westinghouse works | Variant title from MAVIS: Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 1 | Title in Biograph photo catalog, v. 6: Railroad from Pittsburg to Stewart, Westinghouse works | Shooting title in Biograph Co. prod. records: Railroad panorama, Pittsburg to Stewart, Westinghouse works | Panorama of exterior | Westinghouse works | Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 1 | Railroad from Pittsburg to Stewart, Westinghouse works | Railroad panorama, Pittsburg to Stewart, Westinghouse works
    The view from a moving train shows some of the Westinghouse interests and the surrounding areas. It appears that the film is in two parts and has been incorrectly spliced together with the last part put first. The film is supposed to show one rail route, but maps indicate that the first part of the film logically should be placed last. The first part...
    • Contributor: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Bitzer, G. W. - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1904
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    Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Westinghouse Co. works (casting scene)
    Variant title: Westinghouse works | Title in Biograph photo catalog, v. 6 and Biograph Co. prod. records: Westinghouse Air Brake Co. casting machine | Variant title from MAVIS: Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 2 | Westinghouse works | Westinghouse Air Brake Co. casting machine | Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 2
    What appear to be molds pass by some men on conveyor belts. The men take them off the belt and dump the contents onto the ground. Other men pick up with tongs the parts that have been dumped onto the ground and put them on a pile in the foreground.
    • Contributor: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Bitzer, G. W. - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1904
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    Testing large turbines, Westinghouse Co. works
    Variant title: Westinghouse works | Title in Biograph photo catalog, v. 6 and Biograph Co. prod. records: Testing large turbine, Westinghouse works | Variant title from MAVIS: Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 2 | Variant title: Testing large turbines, Westinghouse works | Westinghouse works | Testing large turbine, Westinghouse works | Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 2 | Testing large turbines, Westinghouse works
    On the left of the screen, a small group of men lift the top off of what appears to be a turbine with a crane and continue to check the machine, tightening various parts with wrenches. On the right side, a few men appear to be testing the workings of what may be a turbine.
    • Contributor: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Bitzer, G. W. - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1904
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    Delivering mail from sub-station The subjects seen by the camera are a portion of a large building with columns in front that indicates it is a government building and three small shuttle streetcars across the street from the camera position. As the film progresses, the shuttle cars leave. Twice during the film a larger streetcar passes in front of the camera position.
    • Contributor: Weed, A. E. - American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1903
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    Odd Fellows parade, Philadelphia, Pa. Catalog Record Only Footage of an Odd Fellows parade in Philadelphia on Tuesday, September 19, 1905. Shows marching bands, sailors, men on horseback, floats, carriages, and some uniformed women; many participants are in uniforms and carry banners and flags. Spectators and buildings line the streets; street cars appear. Various banners read: Starting point, Mint Arcade; Wayne no. 3; Spring Garden Lodge; and many with I.O.O.F. (Independent Order...
    • Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Kleine (George) Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1905
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    TR in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., 1905. Catalog Record Only On Aug. 10, 1905 TR appeared as the joint guest of the United Mine Workers of America and the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America, during their annual convention in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Views of a long procession of priests and clergymen, with TR following; this may be a sequence from part of the parade held in TR's honor or from an unrelated event; final...
    • Contributor: Apollo Pictures - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1905
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    Panorama of Machine Co. aisle, Westinghouse Co. works
    Variant title: Westinghouse works | Variant title from MAVIS: Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 2 | Variant title: Panorama of Machine Co. aisle, Westinghouse works | Westinghouse works | Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 2 | Panorama of Machine Co. aisle, Westinghouse works
    A camera on an overhead crane travels down a large, long aisle where men are shown working on large machinery on either side. Carts carrying equipment are shown traveling on rails down the aisles. There are also men walking in the aisles.
    • Contributor: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Bitzer, G. W. - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1904
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    Assembling a generator, Westinghouse works
    Variant title: Westinghouse works | Variant title from MAVIS: Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 2 | Westinghouse works | Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 2
    A group of men work on various parts of a large generator, assembling the pieces. A crane carries a large piece of the generator over to the rest of the machine, and the men guide it down to assemble it. The crane brings two other pieces to the machine and lays them down where they belong.
    • Contributor: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Bitzer, G. W. - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1904
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    Steam whistle, Westinghouse works
    Variant title: Westinghouse works | Variant title from MAVIS: Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 1 | Westinghouse works | Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 1
    A closeup of the steam whistle blowing at the "Westinghouse works" complex of factories in Pennsylvania, probably at the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.
    • Contributor: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Bitzer, G. W. - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1904
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    Girls taking time checks, Westinghouse works
    Variant title: Westinghouse works | Variant title from MAVIS: Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 1 | Westinghouse works | Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 1
    Almost 200 women file by a device on the wall from which they take their time checks. A man runs half-way across the screen at the end of the film.
    • Contributor: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Bitzer, G. W. - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1904
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    [Lancaster, Pa., high school] "Shows boys and girls going out the door and down the steps of a high school building in Lancaster, Pa. The boys come out first, led by a man, probably a teacher, holding a young boy's hand. The boys wear suits, and a few carry books or instrument cases. The girls, wearing long dresses and broad-brimmed hats, follow the boys. The last person to...
    • Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Kleine (George) Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1900
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    Taping coils, Westinghouse works
    Variant title: Westinghouse works | Variant title from MAVIS: Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 1 | Westinghouse works | Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 1
    Numerous women stand at several rows of tables where they appear to be wrapping tape around some devices, presumably coils. Male supervisors walk down the aisles, observing the women's work.
    • Contributor: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Bitzer, G. W. - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1904
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    Steam hammer, Westinghouse works
    Variant title: Westinghouse works | Variant title from MAVIS: Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 2 | Westinghouse works | Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 2
    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.
    • Contributor: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Bitzer, G. W. - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1904
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    Girls winding armatures
    Variant title: Westinghouse works | Copyright title: Girls winding armatures (Westinghouse works) | Title in Biograph photo catalog: Girls winding armature | Variant title from MAVIS: Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 1 | Westinghouse works | Girls winding armatures (Westinghouse works) | Girls winding armature | Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 1
    Numerous women sit in rows at machines where they appear to be winding some type of wire and tooling it onto machines. Two young men push spools of this wire down the aisle. Supervisors, male and female, walk down the aisle and observe the women's work, stopping for a while at one woman's station.
    • Contributor: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Bitzer, G. W. - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1904