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- TriviaThis is the most famous film in the Westinghouse Works series.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Story of Film: An Odyssey: The Hollywood Dream (2011)
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Panoramic View, Aisle B, Westinghouse Works (1904)
Panoramic View, Aisle B, Westinghouse Works (1904)
During the early 1900's Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company made a number of industrial films that allowed the public to see what went on inside their buildings. Needless to say, these films didn't contain any sort of plot but some might find them interesting.
Whereas most of these Westinghouse films were rather boring, this here is certainly an exception as this one here actually turned out to be a landmark. Billy Bitzer, who would gain fame as D.W. Griffith's cinematographer, was behind the camera here and we're basically given a crane shot to where the camera was placed on some sort of item and we're given a tour of the factory floor. If you watch any of the films in the series before this one then when you come to this it'll be like getting hit with a cold bucket of water on a hot summer day. I say that because this series of films really aren't that good but this one here is a refreshing new take. The cinematography is actually excellent and the tour we're given is entertaining to say the least.
During the early 1900's Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company made a number of industrial films that allowed the public to see what went on inside their buildings. Needless to say, these films didn't contain any sort of plot but some might find them interesting.
Whereas most of these Westinghouse films were rather boring, this here is certainly an exception as this one here actually turned out to be a landmark. Billy Bitzer, who would gain fame as D.W. Griffith's cinematographer, was behind the camera here and we're basically given a crane shot to where the camera was placed on some sort of item and we're given a tour of the factory floor. If you watch any of the films in the series before this one then when you come to this it'll be like getting hit with a cold bucket of water on a hot summer day. I say that because this series of films really aren't that good but this one here is a refreshing new take. The cinematography is actually excellent and the tour we're given is entertaining to say the least.
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- Michael_Elliott
- Aug 17, 2016
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- Runtime2 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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