Billy Bitzer Movies

"Children in the Surf, Coney Island" is a very short documentary with Billy Bitzer behind the camera.

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

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...

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

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

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

Happy Hooligan is thrust into prison, but makes the most of his hardship. He is seen in his cell enjoying a full meal of prison hash.

The dancing master is a dapper little fellow who has been engaged to instruct two pretty girls in some of the niceties of stage dancing. He becomes a...

This is a very humorous and a very natural scene. Two mischievous small boys rig up a fake camera with a piece of stove pipe and a box, and persuade...

Taken at St. John's Home, Coney Island. A large number of boys are bathing in the surf. At a signal the boys leave the water and walk toward the...

This is in every respect a stunning picture, though somewhat bohemian in subject. It depicts in six scenes, six lively hours at New York City's...

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...

Boss insists on pawing secretary. She teaches him a lesson.

The film was made up of photographs of interior sets combined with exteriors to establish the beginning and the end of the film. The first scene is...

From what appears to be a furnace, a large, glowing block is lifted with the help of a crane over to a table by a group of men. A hammer comes from...

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...

The film is several vignettes of slap stick presentation of racial stereotypes. We are treated to murderous Mexicans, conniving Jews, brawling Irish,...

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

A Western cowboy attempts to flirt with a veiled young lady sitting on a bench in the garden.

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