Billy Bitzer Movies

The murder scene from the novel 'King of the Detectives'.

A very exciting contest between two well known Metropolitan wrestlers. It is full of fast work and scientific wrestling.

What appear to be molds pass some men by on conveyor belts. The men take them off the belt and dump the contents onto the ground. Other men pick up...

A woman wearing a light-colored leotard, gathered at the waist, and tights stands against a black background. Although she is filmed in a long shot,...

Presumably the woman is Betsy Ross, and she's quite a pretty woman with tumbling dark hair and coltish legs. She dances energetically, but it all...

The first movie audiences took particular delight in scenes of rushing, churning water. These scenes of Niagara Falls were taken in September 1896,...

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...

A woman sneaks up behind a seated couple, stabs the woman in the back, and makes an escape.

A small child in the surf at the seashore. The child is evidently frightened at the rushing waves and stands terrified until a larger wave than usual...

Scenes of Theodore Roosevelt at the Jamestown Exposition in Norfolk, Virginia, in April and June, 1907, participating in Jamestown's tercentennial...

Only women are at a resort, until one man arrives. He woos a pretty young widow, and wins her.

Shot at an unidentified location in New York City, the film shows several pieces of horse-drawn fire vehicles in motion: two hook-and-ladders; two...

A group of men work on various parts of a large generator, assembling the pieces

Panoramic View, Aisle B, Westinghouse Works

The second film in the series shows the same girl in a brisk calisthenic exercise.

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,...

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...

Panorama from the Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge, 1897.

The view from a moving train shows some of the Westinghouse interests and the surrounding areas.

This picture is very novel and interesting. It gives the complete trip from the station at the New York City end of the bridge to the station at the...