1904 Movies

The view from a moving train shows some of the Westinghouse interests and the surrounding areas.

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

An inquisitor and two of his henchmen burn a woman at the stake. An angel intervenes.

The stages that a caterpillar goes through, from larvae to chrysalis, to become a butterfly.

A magic show.

A large bucket full of molten material is poured into a large container, possibly a mold, by a group of men using machinery. Some other men stoke the...

A prestidigitator, one of the best, is about to perform a number of illusions and brings to his aid a pack of playing cards. He selects the King of Sp...

A cook has his hands full with three mischievous devils, who pop in and out of his kitchen.

This shows a prince entering upon the stage of the King's private theatre. He is about to do a few mystifying tricks for the amusement of the court.

A small stage has a backdrop of a city street, sidewalks, a park, and buildings. From stage right, a boy leads a blind man onto the stage, helps him k...

A turbine is shown operating.

A man hides his valuables under his mattress before going to sleep, blissfully unaware of the two burglars on his roof.

A large bucket is lowered into a pit by male workers using machinery. Molten material from a furnace is poured into the bucket using a slide. The buck...

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...

Melies second attempt at telling the story of Faust. This time out Faust and his love Marguerite are sentenced to Hell where they are showed the tortu...

This short, otherwise unremarkable feature is of some interest because of the way that it unabashedly caters to the tastes that it perceived in its au...

A “madman” escapes prison and the torments of his warders.

A Jew who mocked Jesus on the cross is visited by a devil and an angel.

"Children in the Surf, Coney Island" is a very short documentary with Billy Bitzer behind the camera.

Opens with a woman posing on a pedestal, dressed in a white body leotard with a sash tied at her hips. Marshall continues with various feminine poses,...