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Blacksmith Scene

18931 minUnited States
Documentary

Synopsis

Three men act out a blacksmith's working routine around an anvil. Hammering gives way to a short drinking break before the work resumes, creating a miniature performance of everyday labor.

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Wikimedia Commons
Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
0:39
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · William Kennedy Dickson · Public domain

This copy runs shorter than the reference runtime. Editing and playback speed can differ between editions.

Cast

DirectorsWilliam Kennedy Dickson

Behind the scenes

William K. L. Dickson filmed the scene at Edison's Black Maria studio in New Jersey. It was shown in a Kinetoscope demonstration in May 1893.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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