Billy Bitzer Movies

This short film, done by The American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, shows the historical legend of the three men - two drums and a fife player -...

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...

Diving in the Swimming Pool at Palm Beach, Florida.

The Fate of the Artist's Model (1903) shows a young woman and her baby who are abandoned by her artist lover.

From what appears to be a furnace, a large, glowing block is lifted with the help of a crane over to a table by a group of men. A hammer comes from...

This scene of an African-American woman vigorously scrubbing a black baby was immensely popular with early audiences, and was featured on...

Numerous women stand at several rows of tables where they appear to be wrapping tape around some devices, presumably coils. Male supervisors walk...

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...

Happy Hooligan is thrust into prison, but makes the most of his hardship. He is seen in his cell enjoying a full meal of prison hash.

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...

This is a very humorous and a very natural scene. Two mischievous small boys rig up a fake camera with a piece of stove pipe and a box, and persuade...

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...

Four prisoners, in convicts' stripes, march backwards down stairs and, under the watchful eyes of guards, hop backwards into their cells. Later, one...

A little man appears out of the smoke.

This is in every respect a stunning picture, though somewhat bohemian in subject. It depicts in six scenes, six lively hours at New York City's...

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...

A small group of men turn on what appears to be a generator. As the rotary spins, the men make adjustments to the machine and check its operations.

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...

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

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...