Billy Bitzer Movies

  • 1904
    Testing a Rotary

    Testing a Rotary

    Testing a Rotary

    4.21904HD

    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.

    Testing a Rotary
  • 1907
    Fights of Nations

    Fights of Nations

    Fights of Nations

    41907HD

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

    Fights of Nations
  • 1903
    Chicks to Order

    Chicks to Order

    Chicks to Order

    01903HD

    Kathryn Osterman breaks egg into a plate. As the content reaches the plate, it transforms into a baby chick. Action repeats twelve times through...

    Chicks to Order
  • 1896
    Hard Wash

    Hard Wash

    Hard Wash

    11896HD

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

    Hard Wash
  • 1904
    Automobile Race for the Vanderbilt Cup

    Automobile Race for the Vanderbilt Cup

    Automobile Race for the Vanderbilt Cup

    51904HD

    Automobile Race for the Vanderbilt Cup

    Automobile Race for the Vanderbilt Cup
  • 1903
    The Fate of the Artist's Model

    The Fate of the Artist's Model

    The Fate of the Artist's Model

    5.31903HD

    The Fate of the Artist's Model (1903) shows a young woman and her baby who are abandoned by her artist lover.

    The Fate of the Artist's Model
  • 1903
    Expert Bag Punching

    Expert Bag Punching

    Expert Bag Punching

    61903HD

    A remarkable exhibition by Gus Keller, novelty bag puncher of the New Polo Athletic Association. In seven scenes with dissolving effects. A. Single,...

    Expert Bag Punching
  • 1903
    Weighing the Baby

    Weighing the Baby

    Weighing the Baby

    01903HD

    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...

    Weighing the Baby
  • 1903
    The Boy In The Barrel

    The Boy In The Barrel

    The Boy In The Barrel

    41903HD

    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...

    The Boy In The Barrel
  • 1904
    The Opening the Williamsburg Bridge

    The Opening the Williamsburg Bridge

    The Opening the Williamsburg Bridge

    4.41904HD

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

    The Opening the Williamsburg Bridge
  • 1904
    Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Casting Scene)

    Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Casting Scene)

    Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Casting Scene)

    3.81904HD

    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...

    Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Casting Scene)
  • 1904
    Coil Winding Section E

    Coil Winding Section E

    Coil Winding Section E

    4.31904HD

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

    Coil Winding Section E
  • 1904
    Welding the Big Ring

    Welding the Big Ring

    Welding the Big Ring

    5.11904HD

    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...

    Welding the Big Ring
  • 1911
    The Voice of the Child

    The Voice of the Child

    The Voice of the Child

    01911HD

    The Voice of the Child
  • 1905
    The Summer Boarders

    The Summer Boarders

    The Summer Boarders

    91905HD

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

    The Summer Boarders
  • 1904
    Steam Whistle

    Steam Whistle

    Steam Whistle

    31904HD

    A closeup of the steam whistle blowing at the "Westinghouse works" complex of factories in Pennsylvania, probably at the Westinghouse Electric &...

    Steam Whistle
  • 1903
    A Frontier Flirtation; or, How the Tenderfoot Won Out

    A Frontier Flirtation; or, How the Tenderfoot Won Out

    A Frontier Flirtation; or, How the Tenderfoot Won Out

    3.81903HD

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

    A Frontier Flirtation; or, How the Tenderfoot Won Out
  • 1904
    Westinghouse Air Brake Co.

    Westinghouse Air Brake Co.

    Westinghouse Air Brake Co.

    3.61904HD

    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...

    Westinghouse Air Brake Co.
  • 1904
    The Hero of Liao-Yang

    The Hero of Liao-Yang

    The Hero of Liao-Yang

    4.71904HD

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

    The Hero of Liao-Yang
  • 1906
    From Leadville to Aspen: A Hold-Up in the Rockies

    From Leadville to Aspen: A Hold-Up in the Rockies

    From Leadville to Aspen: A Hold-Up in the Rockies

    5.11906HD

    A train traveling through the Rockies is held up and boarded by two thugs. They rob the wealthy occupants at gunpoint and then make their getaway by...

    From Leadville to Aspen: A Hold-Up in the Rockies