Billy Bitzer Movies

  • 1904
    Testing Large Turbines, Westinghouse Co. Works

    Testing Large Turbines, Westinghouse Co. Works

    Testing Large Turbines, Westinghouse Co. Works

    3.81904HD

    On the left of the screen, a small group of men lift the top off of what appears to be a turbine with a crane and continue to check the machine,...

    Testing Large Turbines, Westinghouse Co. Works
  • 1904
    Westinghouse Works

    Westinghouse Works

    Westinghouse Works

    5.51904HD

    Billy Bitzer filmed 21 short actualities inside the Pittsburgh Westinghouse Works in April and May of 1904. Audiences of the day would have been...

    Westinghouse Works
  • 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
  • 1909
    The Slave

    The Slave

    The Slave

    4.21909HD

    A Greek woman marries a struggling sculptor. When he can't support her and their baby, she offers to sell herself as a slave to allow them to buy...

    The Slave
  • 1909
    The Indian Runner's Romance

    The Indian Runner's Romance

    The Indian Runner's Romance

    31909HD

    An Indian comforts a dying prospector in his last moments. In exchange, the prospector tells him the location of his gold claim. A group of cowboys...

    The Indian Runner's Romance
  • 1909
    Two Memories

    Two Memories

    Two Memories

    4.21909HD

    Henry and Marion have a lover's quarrel and part in anger. They do not reconcile, and ten years pass without contact. Marion becomes a society girl...

    Two Memories
  • 1915
    The Birth of a Nation

    The Birth of a Nation

    The Birth of a Nation

    5.91915HD

    Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is...

    The Birth of a Nation
  • 1904
    The Widow and the Only Man

    The Widow and the Only Man

    The Widow and the Only Man

    41904HD

    Only women are at a resort, until one man arrives. He woos a pretty young widow, and wins her.

    The Widow and the Only Man
  • 1921
    Orphans of the Storm

    Orphans of the Storm

    Orphans of the Storm

    6.7741921HD

    France, on the eve of the French Revolution. Henriette and Louise have been raised together as sisters. When the plague that takes their parents'...

    Orphans of the Storm
  • 1909
    Nursing a Viper

    Nursing a Viper

    Nursing a Viper

    4.21909HD

    During the French Revolution, a wealthy couple lives safely by professing republican beliefs. When a mob attacks a nearby chateau an aristocrat...

    Nursing a Viper
  • 1910
    A Child of the Ghetto

    A Child of the Ghetto

    A Child of the Ghetto

    4.51910HD

    After her mother's death, Ruth struggles to support herself as a seamstress. While Ruth delivers shirts to the factory owner, the owner's son steals...

    A Child of the Ghetto
  • 1913
    The Little Tease

    The Little Tease

    The Little Tease

    51913HD

    The supposition was that she was born a tease, for from her first teeth to the time she was almost grown, she vented her witcheries on her...

    The Little Tease
  • 1909
    Tender Hearts

    Tender Hearts

    Tender Hearts

    31909HD

    A country boy and a city boy are both courting the same girl. The girl sees the country boy's tender treatment of a wounded bird and chooses him.

    Tender Hearts
  • 1910
    The Lesson

    The Lesson

    The Lesson

    4.31910HD

    Short drama about the commandment "honour your father and your mother".

    The Lesson
  • 1904
    Automobiling Among the Clouds

    Automobiling Among the Clouds

    Automobiling Among the Clouds

    01904HD

    A procession of American and European automobiles--including such makes as Daimlers, Mercedes, Stanley Steamers and Pierces-- drive up and down the...

    Automobiling Among the Clouds
  • 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
  • 1910
    Wilful Peggy

    Wilful Peggy

    Wilful Peggy

    51910HD

    Peggy is a high-spirited young woman from a poor family. One day she catches the eye of a wealthy lord, who proposes marriage and wants to introduce...

    Wilful Peggy
  • 1920
    The Love Flower

    The Love Flower

    The Love Flower

    4.1821920HD

    A man murders his wife's lover and escapes with his daughter to the South Pacific. A detective pursues him, joined by a young man who eventually...

    The Love Flower
  • 1911
    The Voice of the Child

    The Voice of the Child

    The Voice of the Child

    01911HD

    A businessman neglects his wife, who is tricked into believing he is having an affair. She packs to leave him, but is distracted by their little...

    The Voice of the Child
  • 1914
    The Escape

    The Escape

    The Escape

    01914HD

    A dramatic comparison between the mating habits of animals and the way humans choose their own partners. The film is now considered to be a lost film.

    The Escape