Coil Winding Section E (1904) watch online HD

This is an extremely unadventurous little film, and you can't help but wonder why American Mutoscope & Biograph felt it was a suitable subject for a film - even one that last only two minutes.

The film shows a typical early twentieth-century factory, shot from a stationary camera. Two rows of women work at machines - winding coils presumably - with spools of coil positioned behind them. It's not clear exactly what they are doing, but it doesn't really matter. Knowing what they were doing wouldn't make the film any more interesting. I suppose it serves as a historical document but it contains no entertainment value whatsoever.

Coil Winding Section E (1904)

During the early 1900's Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company made a number of industrial films that allowed the public to see what went on inside their buildings. Needless to say, these films didn't contain any sort of plot but some might find them interesting.

This film gives us a chance to see what women were doing inside the factory. This three minute film shows a group of women winding coil in the machines that they are working on. Once again we've got a Westinghouse film that starts off slightly entertaining since it gives us a chance to see how these jobs were done but it quickly grows boring as the running time stretches out to three minutes. These type of films were made throughout the 1890s but the biggest difference is that those lasted under a minute.