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Westinghouse Works

Westinghouse Works

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 1, 1904

Runtime

1h 10m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

55%

Original Title

Westinghouse Works

Production Companies

American Mutoscope & Biograph

Director

Billy Bitzer

Description

Billy Bitzer filmed 21 short actualities inside the Pittsburgh Westinghouse Works in April and May of 1904. Audiences of the day would have been treated to footage of factory panoramas, women winding armatures and turbines being assembled. These industrial films were produced for the American Mutoscope & Biograph Company.