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Assembling a Generator, Westinghouse Works
(1904) United States of America
B&W : [?] 183 or 186? feet
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: (unknown)

American Mutoscope & Biograph Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. / Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / © 10 May 1904 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company [H45598]. Released May 1904. / [?] Mutoscope 68mm spherical 1.36:1 format or Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? / The production was shot on 2 May 1904; one of 29 films shot during 18 April 18 1904 through 16 May 1904 in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for exhibition in the Westinghouse Auditorium at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair. Biograph production number 2896.

Documentary.

Synopsis: Factory workers use heavy equipment to assemble a very large electrical generator.

Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive], and in the Museum of Modern Art film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Electrical generators - Factories - USA: Pennsylvania: East Pittsburgh

Listing updated: 14 January 2025.

References: Sloan-Loud p. 152 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb; Website-LoC.