Billy Bitzer Movies

The murder scene from the Broadway play 'King of the Detectives'.

Harry's rich old bachelor uncle thinks Harry is still single. When Uncle announces a visit, Harry's wife has to play the part of the housekeeper so...

A view of the opening ceromonies for New York's Williamsburg Bridge.

Men working in teams carry buckets of molten material and pour the material into what appear to be molds lined up on the ground.

It is obvious that the cameraman placed his equipment close to the edge of a seashore. A large number of children followed by bathers can be seen...

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...

Iola, the little Indian girl, is held captive by a gang of cutthroats but is soon rescued by Jack Harper, a prospector. She is truly grateful to...

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

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.

Two small boys with policemen's hats and nightsticks are struggling with another small boy. The object of their struggle seems to be to arrest him....

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

Rows of women are shown at tables with winding machines. They wind using material from spools behind them, apparently putting the finished products...

Several chairs rest against a blank wall; three men, then a fourth and soon seven in all, divide into various pairs and wrestle for the camera.

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...

A two year old baby in a rage at being deprived of his favorite playthings.

Early Biograph short on the results of marrying for financial gain.

Billy Bitzer filmed 21 short actualities inside the Pittsburgh Westinghouse Works in April and May of 1904. Audiences of the day would have been...

Panoramic View, Aisle B, Westinghouse Works

Upset that her parents are getting ready to separate a little girl grabs a handful of books and heads off to school without anyone’s knowledge....

A businessman neglects his wife, who is tricked into believing he is having an affair. She packs to leave him, but is distracted by their little...