Billy Bitzer Movies

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

The best and most characteristic picture of the President ever made. The camera is close by so that every feature shows out sharp and distinct. The...

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

Two burglars have just entered an elegant-looking home, but before they can proceed, the woman of the house enters the room. One of the burglars...

Several chairs rest against a blank wall; three men, then a fourth and soon seven in all, divide into various pairs and wrestle for the camera.

This film was photographed in the winter, much of it during an actual snowstorm, and snow can be seen on the ground in all scenes. The subject is a...

Kathryn Osterman breaks egg into a plate. As the content reaches the plate, it transforms into a baby chick. Action repeats twelve times through...

A comic looking prison eats soup

Panorama from the Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge, 1897.

A view of the opening ceromonies for New York's Williamsburg Bridge.

A very exciting contest between two well known Metropolitan wrestlers. It is full of fast work and scientific wrestling.

Shot at an unidentified location in New York City, the film shows several pieces of horse-drawn fire vehicles in motion: two hook-and-ladders; two...

Panoramic View, Aisle B, Westinghouse Works

A procession of American and European automobiles--including such makes as Daimlers, Mercedes, Stanley Steamers and Pierces-- drive up and down the...

On the left of the screen, a small group of men lift the top off of what appears to be a turbine with a crane and continue to check the machine,...