Billy Bitzer Movies

  • 1903
    The Giddy Dancing Master

    The Giddy Dancing Master

    The Giddy Dancing Master

    6.51903HD

    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...

    The Giddy Dancing Master
  • 1899
    Stealing a Dinner

    Stealing a Dinner

    Stealing a Dinner

    3.61899HD

    “Another exhibition by Prof. Leonidas' troop of cats and dogs. One of the dogs is shown stealing his dinner from the table in his master's...

    Stealing a Dinner
  • 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
  • 1905
    A Ballroom Tragedy

    A Ballroom Tragedy

    A Ballroom Tragedy

    5.41905HD

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

    A Ballroom Tragedy
  • 1904
    Coil Winding Machines

    Coil Winding Machines

    Coil Winding Machines

    5.31904HD

    Numerous women stand in rows at winding machines, taking material from large spools behind them. A male supervisor walks down the aisle, checking the...

    Coil Winding Machines
  • 1904
    The Lost Child

    The Lost Child

    The Lost Child

    71904HD

    A woman and her guests frantically search for her missing child, who is eventually found playing with her dog in the kennel.

    The Lost Child
  • 1904
    Westinghouse Works

    Westinghouse Works

    Westinghouse Works

    5.71904HD

    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
    Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Casting Scene)

    Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Casting Scene)

    Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Casting Scene)

    4.51904HD

    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)
  • 1907
    Trial Marriages

    Trial Marriages

    Trial Marriages

    61907HD

    A man attempts a series of 'trial marriages' with various women, and eventually gives up on marriage altogether.

    Trial Marriages
  • 1904
    The Baby and the Puppies

    The Baby and the Puppies

    The Baby and the Puppies

    01904HD

    A large size view of a pretty baby playing with half-dozen little puppies on the sand at the seashore. The action is very cunning and the...

    The Baby and the Puppies
  • 1904
    Girls Winding Armatures

    Girls Winding Armatures

    Girls Winding Armatures

    4.11904HD

    Numerous women sit in rows at machines where they appear to be winding some type of wire and tooling it onto machines. Two young men push spools of...

    Girls Winding Armatures
  • 1903
    The Physical Culture Girl, No. 2

    The Physical Culture Girl, No. 2

    The Physical Culture Girl, No. 2

    91903HD

    The second film in the series shows the same girl in a brisk calisthenic exercise.

    The Physical Culture Girl, No. 2
  • 1911
    The Unveiling

    The Unveiling

    The Unveiling

    01911HD

    The boy, who is the idol of his widowed mother, returns from college with a collegiate record she is justly proud of. To mark the occasion his...

    The Unveiling
  • 1905
    Bathing in the Ice at the L Street Bath, Boston

    Bathing in the Ice at the L Street Bath, Boston

    Bathing in the Ice at the L Street Bath, Boston

    61905HD

    This film was photographed in the winter, much of it during an actual snowstorm, and snow can be seen on the ground in all scenes. The subject is a...

    Bathing in the Ice at the L Street Bath, Boston
  • 1906
    Dr. Dippy's Sanitarium

    Dr. Dippy's Sanitarium

    Dr. Dippy's Sanitarium

    71906HD

    A young man is hired as a guard for an insane asylum. Immediately the inmates start harassing him and he flees. The inmates give chase and they...

    Dr. Dippy's Sanitarium
  • 1903
    Expert Bag Punching

    Expert Bag Punching

    Expert Bag Punching

    81903HD

    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
  • 1906
    Logging in Maine

    Logging in Maine

    Logging in Maine

    6.71906HD

    The subject is the movement of cut timber from the forest to the mill. The few scenes that make up the film are loggers performing the various...

    Logging in Maine
  • 1904
    Alone

    Alone

    Alone

    01904HD

    A small child in the surf at the seashore. The child is evidently frightened at the rushing waves and stands terrified until a larger wave than usual...

    Alone
  • 1904
    The Swimming Class

    The Swimming Class

    The Swimming Class

    51904HD

    It is obvious that the cameraman placed his equipment close to the edge of a seashore. A large number of children followed by bathers can be seen...

    The Swimming Class
  • 1899
    Across Brooklyn Bridge

    Across Brooklyn Bridge

    Across Brooklyn Bridge

    5.81899HD

    This picture is very novel and interesting. It gives the complete trip from the station at the New York City end of the bridge to the station at the...

    Across Brooklyn Bridge