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Inside An American Factory: Westinghouse Works, 1904
contains 21 "actuality films" (films taken of real events as they
happen) showing various views of Westinghouse companies. The films
were intended to showcase the company's operations and feature the
Westinghouse Air Brake Company, the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing
Company, and the Westinghouse Machine Company. The films include
exterior and interior shots of the factories and of male and female
factory workers on the job.
These online exhibits provide context and additional
information about this collection.
Actuality
Films
The
Westinghouse World: The Companies, the People and the Places
Westinghouse
Works Timeline
These historical era(s) are best represented
in the collection, although they may not be all-encompassing.
Development of the Industrial United States, 1876-1915
Emergence of Modern America, 1890-1930
related
collections and exhibits |
These collections and exhibits contain thematically-related
primary and secondary sources. Also browse the Collection
Finder for more related material on the American Memory Web
site.
American
Life Histories, 1936-1940
Inventing
Entertainment: The Edison Companies
Life of
a City: New York, 1898-1906
The
Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920
Taking
the Long View, 1851-1991
Touring
Turn-of-the-Century America, 1880-1920
Recommended additional sources of information.
Read More About It! - A bibliography
Specific guidance for searching this collection.
Each of the films in the collection has a bibliographic record.
Along with other information, each bibliographic record includes
a comprehensive summary prepared by the Biograph Company describing
the footage in the film. You may want to review these summaries
before accessing a film, since the large file sizes may take a few
minutes to download.
You can search
by keyword, or you can browse the Subject
Index or a List
of Film Titles.
For help with search words, go to the Synonym
List.
For help with search strategies, see Finding
Items in American Memory.
You can search descriptions and see a still clip of each film without
special viewers. However, to run the actual film, you may need a
special viewer. For help with viewers, go to American
Memory Viewer Information.
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