Billy Bitzer Movies

The second film in the series shows the same girl in a brisk calisthenic exercise.

A young man leers through a peephole in the wall separating two dressing rooms, but he is caught, and is humiliated by his victims, two pretty ladies.

Made in 1905 when short films were still being done in just one shot (for the Kinetoscope peep-show machines) and lasted about 2 minutes, this...

Stable hostler Joe loves his wife Annie, but she leaves him and their child for a wealthy gentleman, only to die destitute in London, where Joe's...

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

Presumably the woman is Betsy Ross, and she's quite a pretty woman with tumbling dark hair and coltish legs. She dances energetically, but it all...

Only women are at a resort, until one man arrives. He woos a pretty young widow, and wins her.

What is more miserable than love-blighted life? For the heart that truly loves can never forget. Such is the sad fate of the hero of this Biograph...

From what appears to be a furnace, a large, glowing block is lifted with the help of a crane over to a table by a group of men. A hammer comes from...

A boy takes pictures of everything, including some embarrassing situations. When he projects the pictures on a wall for everyone to see, his father...

Rows of women are shown at tables with winding machines. They wind using material from spools behind them, apparently putting the finished products...

A turbine is shown operating.

A camera on an overhead crane travels down a large, long aisle where men are shown working on large machinery on either side. Carts carrying...

A woman wearing a light-colored leotard, gathered at the waist, and tights stands against a black background. Although she is filmed in a long shot,...

Based loosely on the once-popular nursery rhyme. A fair is in progress, with refreshments, entertainment, and other activities. As the rest of the...

People doing the Cake Walk dance on the Beach at Coney Island.

Two small boys with policemen's hats and nightsticks are struggling with another small boy. The object of their struggle seems to be to arrest him....

Two black men are stealing chickens and get chased by the white farmers.

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

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,...