Billy Bitzer
Camera
Born April 21, 1872 · Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA
Gottfried Wilhelm "Billy" Bitzer (April 21, 1872 – April 29, 1944) was a pioneering American cinematographer notable for his close association with D. W. Griffith. In 2003, a survey conducted by the International Cinematographers Guild named him one of the ten most influential cinematographers in history. Bitzer, it is said, "developed camera techniques that set the standard for all future motion pictures." Description above from the Wikipedia article Billy Bitzer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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The Adventures of Dollie
1908
Logging in Maine
1906
Wrestling at the New York Athletic Club
1905
New York Subway
1905
Peeping Tom in the Dressing Room
1905
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son
1905
Children in the Surf at Coney Island
1904
Coil Winding Section E
1904
A Cake Walk on the Beach at Coney Island
1904
Automobiling Among the Clouds
1904
Panorama View, Street Car Motor Room
1904
Westinghouse Employees, Westinghouse Works
1904
Panorama Exterior Westinghouse Works
1904
Assembling and Testing Turbines
1904
Panoramic View, Aisle B, Westinghouse Works
1904
Assembling a Generator
1904
Coil Winding Machines
1904
Steam Hammer
1904
Tapping a Furnace
1904
Westinghouse Works
1904
Testing Large Turbines, Westinghouse Co. Works
1904
Casting a Guide Box
1904
Westinghouse Air Brake Co.
1904
Testing a Rotary
1904
Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Moulding Scene)
1904
Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Casting Scene)
1904
Taping Coils
1904
Panorama of Machine Co. Aisle
1904
Girls Taking Time Checks
1904
Girls Winding Armatures
1904
Welding the Big Ring
1904
The Coney Island Beach Patrol
1904
Steam Whistle
1904
Orphans in the Surf
1903
Expert Bag Punching
1903
Pres. Roosevelt's Fourth of July Oration
1903
Catch-As-Catch-Can Wrestling Bout
1903
N.Y. Fire Department Returning
1903
President McKinley Inauguration
1901
Across Brooklyn Bridge
1899
Panorama from the Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge
1899
At the Top of Brooklyn Bridge
1897
