Billy Bitzer Movies

  • 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
  • 1922
    Sure-Fire Flint

    Sure-Fire Flint

    Sure-Fire Flint

    01922HD

    Sure-Fire Flint
  • 1912
    The Mender of Nets

    The Mender of Nets

    The Mender of Nets

    5.81912HD

    A young woman who works mending fishermen's nets is engaged to be married. But her fiancé has an old love who refuses to let him go. Further,...

    The Mender of Nets
  • 1905
    A Ballroom Tragedy

    A Ballroom Tragedy

    A Ballroom Tragedy

    4.61905HD

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

    A Ballroom Tragedy
  • 1903
    A Search for Evidence

    A Search for Evidence

    A Search for Evidence

    41903HD

    Looking for evidence that her husband may have been unfaithful, a woman is in a hotel, accompanied by a witness, and they are peeking through the...

    A Search for Evidence
  • 1896
    Little Egypt

    Little Egypt

    Little Egypt

    2.31896HD

    "A well-known character, in a dance that created considerable excitement when first introduced in America."

    Little Egypt
  • 1908
    Father Gets in the Game

    Father Gets in the Game

    Father Gets in the Game

    3.31908HD

    D.W. Griffith film about an elderly father who grows tired of seeing his son bring home beautiful women so he gets a makeover and heads out on the...

    Father Gets in the Game
  • 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
    Assembling a Generator

    Assembling a Generator

    Assembling a Generator

    51904HD

    A group of men work on various parts of a large generator, assembling the pieces

    Assembling a Generator
  • 1911
    Swords and Hearts

    Swords and Hearts

    Swords and Hearts

    4.61911HD

    A poor girl is secretly in love with a wealthy young planter.

    Swords and Hearts
  • 1904
    Girls Taking Time Checks

    Girls Taking Time Checks

    Girls Taking Time Checks

    5.6251904HD

    Almost 200 women file by a device on the wall from which they take their time checks. A man runs half-way across the screen at the end of the film.

    Girls Taking Time Checks
  • 1903
    Betsy Ross Dance

    Betsy Ross Dance

    Betsy Ross Dance

    4.21903HD

    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...

    Betsy Ross Dance
  • 1909
    Love Finds a Way

    Love Finds a Way

    Love Finds a Way

    11909HD

    Mack Sennett appears as a footman in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

    Love Finds a Way
  • 1906
    San Francisco: Aftermath of Earthquake

    San Francisco: Aftermath of Earthquake

    San Francisco: Aftermath of Earthquake

    5.4171906HD

    Footage shot not long after the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco is edited together so that more than one scene and more than one vantage are...

    San Francisco: Aftermath of Earthquake
  • 1904
    Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Moulding Scene)

    Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Moulding Scene)

    Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Moulding Scene)

    3.81904HD

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

    Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Moulding Scene)
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1899
    Panorama from the Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge

    Panorama from the Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge

    Panorama from the Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge

    4.451899HD

    Filmed from the Brooklyn tower of the bridge, this is a panorama starting at Manhattan's Battery and then panning northward along the East River...

    Panorama from the Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge
  • 1905
    A Pipe Dream

    A Pipe Dream

    A Pipe Dream

    3.3331905HD

    A little man appears out of the smoke.

    A Pipe Dream
  • 1905
    A Trip to Salt Lake City

    A Trip to Salt Lake City

    A Trip to Salt Lake City

    61905HD

    Made in 1905 when short films were still being done in just one shot (for the Kinetoscope peep-show machines) and lasted about 2 minutes, this...

    A Trip to Salt Lake City