Billy Bitzer Movies

A small boy is smoking his first cigarette in the door-yard of a cottage. Fearing detection, he jumps into a barrel. His parents see the smoke rising...

A group of men weld one area of a large ring in a fire. They lift the ring, which is hanging horizontally on chains, out of the fire. Four men hammer...

The cameraman photographed over the right shoulder of a young woman reclining on a couch while rebuffing the advances of a young man intent on...

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...

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

First film in the series, showing a pretty girl exercising with chest weights.

This scene of an African-American woman vigorously scrubbing a black baby was immensely popular with early audiences, and was featured on...

This short film, done by The American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, shows the historical legend of the three men - two drums and a fife player -...

Numerous women stand in rows at winding machines, taking material from large spools behind them. A male supervisor walks down the aisle, checking the...

Numerous women stand at several rows of tables where they appear to be wrapping tape around some devices, presumably coils. Male supervisors walk...

President McKinley Inauguration

People doing the Cake Walk dance on the Beach at Coney Island.

What is more miserable than love-blighted life? For the heart that truly loves can never forget. Such is the sad fate of the hero of this Biograph...

A city family goes to the shore for a vacation, but everything goes wrong.

A pretty domestic scene showing the proud father, with the assistance of the nurse and doctor, tying the little one in a towel and weighing it with a...

Diving in the Swimming Pool at Palm Beach, Florida.

Several Japanese youths are playing various games and enjoying some refreshments outdoors when a military courier arrives. The messenger asks for one...

Reenactment of a battle in the Russo-Japanese War.

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 large bucket full of molten material is poured into a large container, possibly a mold, by a group of men using machinery. Some other men stoke the...