Westinghouse Works
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.
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📋 Film Details
| Year | 1904 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Director | Billy Bitzer |
| Runtime | 70 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 5.5/10 (20 votes) |
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The film constructs a cinematic portrait of an industrial giant, relying on the pure documentation of process. The camera acts as a dispassionate observer, its interest lying in the geometry of the factory floor and the precise movements of labor.
What lingers after viewing is a sense of witnessing the very origins of documentary film and a rare glimpse of the working world through early 20th-century eyes. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Billy Bitzer
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Watch attentively, as a museum piece, appreciating each frame as historical evidence.
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