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A 1904 Tour of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company, the
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
and the Westinghouse Machine Company

The Westinghouse Works Collection - A 1904 Tour of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company, the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company and the Westinghouse Machine Company The Westinghouse Works Collection contains 21 actuality films showing various views of Westinghouse companies. Most prominently featured are the Westinghouse Air Brake Company, the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, and the Westinghouse Machine Company. The films were intended to showcase the company's operations. Exterior and interior shots of the factories are shown along with scenes of male and female workers performing their duties at the plants. All films are silent and this DVD has a run time of 1 hour 4 minutes.

Films include:

• Assembling a generator, Westinghouse works;
• Assembling and testing turbines, Westinghouse works;
• Casting a guide box, Westinghouse works;
• Coil winding machines, Westinghouse works;
• Coil winding section E, Westinghouse works;
• Girls taking time checks, Westinghouse works;
• Girls winding armatures;
• Panorama exterior Westinghouse works;
• Panorama of Machine Co. aisle, Westinghouse works;
• Panorama view street car motor room;
• Panoramic view aisle B, Westinghouse works;
• Steam hammer, Westinghouse works;
• Steam whistle, Westinghouse works;
• Taping coils, Westinghouse works;
• Tapping a furnace, Westinghouse works;
• Testing a rotary, Westinghouse works;
• Testing large turbines, Westinghouse works;
• Welding the big ring;
• Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Westinghouse Co. works (casting scene);
• Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Westinghouse Co. works (moulding scene);
• Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Westinghouse works

Here are some sample clips from the DVD