Westinghouse Works (1904) Factory Assembly Line VIDEO Factory Assembly Line 512Kb MPEG4 format 42.4 mb. || Factory Assembly Line Ogg Video format 10.9 mb. which is a free, open standard container format maintained by the Xiph.Org Foundation. The OGV format is unrestricted by software patents and is designed to provide for efficient streaming and manipulation of high quality digital multimedia. animated gif, 6 frames
Variant title: Westinghouse works. Panorama view street car motor room. Variant title from MAVIS: Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 2 Title in Biograph photo catalog, v. 6 and Biograph Co. prod. records: Panorama motor room, Westinghouse works
Panoramic view streetcar motor room. CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1904.
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SUMMARY: A camera moving forward on an overhead crane gives a traveling view of men working on machinery. Carts carrying parts and pieces of machinery pass by on rails; cranes lift machinery; and men perform their various duties, including hammering objects.
NOTES: Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 2May1904; H45147. Camera, G.W. "Billy" Bitzer. Duration: 2:35 at 15 fps.
SUBJECTS: Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company. Manufacturing processes--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh. Electric motor industry--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh. Electric industry workers--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh. Factories--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh. Industrial films. Actualities (Motion pictures) Silent films. Short films. Nonfiction films.