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[[File:Westinghouse Works (1904).webm|thumb|''Westinghouse Works'']]{{Infobox film<br />
| name = '' Westinghouse Works ''<br />
| cinematography = [[G. W. Bitzer]]<br />
| studio = [[American Mutoscope and Biograph Company]]<br />
| released = 1904<br />
}}<br />
'''''Westinghouse Works, 1904''''' is a collection of American short [[Silent film|silent films]], each averaging about three minutes in length. The films were taken from April 18, 1904 to May 16, 1904 in [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]], and document various [[Westinghouse Electric Corporation|Westinghouse]] manufacturing plants.<ref>{{cite book |last=Tiech |first=John |title=Pittsburgh Film History |year=2012 |publisher=[[The History Press]] |location=[[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]] |isbn=9781609497095 |page=8 }}</ref> They were made by [[G. W. Bitzer|G. W. "Billy" Bitzer]] of the [[American Mutoscope and Biograph Company]], were shown at the Westinghouse Auditorium at the [[Louisiana Purchase Exposition|1904 St. Louis World's Fair]], and may have been made for that purpose. At least 29 films were produced and 21 remain in the collection which is now a part of the [[National Film Registry]] of the [[Library of Congress]].<br />
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== Collection ==<br />
The films in the collection of the Library of Congress are:<br />
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#[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HPcXc-zjy0 ''Assembling a generator''], Westinghouse works<br />
#[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12wHYgR6HiA ''Assembling and testing turbines''], Westinghouse works<br />
#[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGRxiqC3Vws ''Casting a guide box''], Westinghouse works<br />
#[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORaj1udZtHI ''Coil winding machines''], Westinghouse works<br />
#[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ua7clPBvg8 ''Coil winding section E''], Westinghouse works<br />
#[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F7fD5Chi-E ''Girls taking time checks''], Westinghouse works<br />
#[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZhT0FqDB9w ''Girls winding armatures'']<br />
#[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI1Htf-1m5A ''Panorama exterior''] Westinghouse works<br />
#[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exUaIydhhuQ ''Panorama of Machine Co. aisle''], Westinghouse works<br />
#[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pLSfpk9m5E ''Panorama view street car motor room'']<br />
#[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP4aIUeQnt4 ''Panoramic view aisle B''], Westinghouse works<br />
#[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-7bz7bmDg4 ''Steam hammer''], Westinghouse works<br />
#[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJT5PZjsgqE ''Steam whistle''], Westinghouse works<br />
#[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPjOxySZW6U ''Taping coils''], Westinghouse works<br />
#[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11rzMeDHnNc ''Tapping a furnace''], Westinghouse works<br />
#[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmiLZNVRvZU ''Testing a rotary''], Westinghouse works<br />
#[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGIa4RIstX0 ''Testing large turbines''], Westinghouse works<br />
#[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uvOgWapG2g ''Welding the big ring'']<br />
#[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6O932trtlU ''Westinghouse Air Brake Co''. Westinghouse Co. works (casting scene)]<br />
#[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98eaQR27HqQ ''Westinghouse Air Brake Co''. Westinghouse Co. works (moulding scene)]<br />
#[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYs9Arg7AkI ''Westinghouse Air Brake Co''. Westinghouse works]<br />
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== Production ==<br />
Westinghouse executives commissioned Biograph to produce these films, intending to exhibit them to their subsidiaries and employees, thus making them some of the earliest existing examples of what are now called [[Sponsored film|industrial films]]. They cannot be called [[Documentary film|documentaries]] because they were paid for and made according to guidelines set by the manufacturing company. In addition, they cannot be called [[Television advertisement|commercials]] because they do not advertise individual products and were not exhibited widely to elicit sales.<br />
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The films were the first to use mercury vapor lamps (conveniently made by Westinghouse) to illuminate its shots, and they were also the first to use [[crane shot]]s. Bitzer primarily used stationary cameras and fixed lenses, and he typically shot the films in a single continuous take.<br />
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Most films did not have title cards, so many of their names were assigned by the Library of Congress.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=America's film legacy : the authoritative guide to the landmark movies in the National Film Registry|last=Eagan, Daniel.|date=2010|publisher=Continuum|others=National Film Preservation Board (U.S.)|isbn=9781441116475|location=New York|pages=12–14|oclc=676697377}}</ref><br />
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== Release ==<br />
The finished films were shown to Westinghouse employees in Pittsburgh, narrated by a speaker. They were later exhibited at the [[Louisiana Purchase Exposition]] in St. Louis (accompanied by organ music), and were received positively by audiences.<ref name=":0" />[[Image:Westinghouseworks.gif|thumb]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/papr/west/westhome.html Inside an American Factory: Films of the ''Westinghouse Works, 1904'']<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=0178247|title=Assembling a generator, Westinghouse works}}<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=0178248|title=Assembling and testing turbines, Westinghouse works}}<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=0178309|title=Casting a guide box, Westinghouse works}}<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=0178341|title=Coil winding machines, Westinghouse works}}<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=0178342|title=Coil winding section E, Westinghouse works}}<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=0178491|title=Girls taking time checks, Westinghouse works}}<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=0178492|title=Girls winding armatures}}<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=0178811|title=Panorama exterior Westinghouse works}}<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=0178813|title=Panorama of Machine Co. aisle, Westinghouse works}}<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=0178812|title=Panorama view street car motor room}}<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=0178814|title=Panoramic view aisle B, Westinghouse works}}<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=0178914|title=Steam hammer, Westinghouse works}}<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=0178915|title=Steam whistle, Westinghouse works}}<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=0178924|title=Taping coils, Westinghouse works}}<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=0178925|title=Tapping a furnace, Westinghouse works}}<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=0178933|title=Testing a rotary, Westinghouse works}}<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=0178932|title=Testing large turbines, Westinghouse works}}<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=0178979|title=Welding the big ring}}<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=0178981|title=Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Westinghouse Co. works (casting scene)}}<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=0178982|title=Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Westinghouse Co. works (moulding scene)}}<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=0178980|title=Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Westinghouse works}}<br />
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