Blacksmith Scene (1893)

Genre:

Short

Plot:

Three men hammer on an anvil and pass a bottle of beer around.

Plot Keywords:

Beer | Blacksmith

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Charles Kayser	...	(uncredited)
John Ott	...	(uncredited)

Also Known As:

Blacksmith Scene #1 (USA)
Blacksmith Shop (UK) (informal alternative title)
Blacksmithing (USA) (informal alternative title)
Blacksmithing Scene (USA)
The Blacksmith's Forge (UK) (informal alternative title)

Runtime:

1 min

Country:

USA

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Certification:

USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Edison Laboratories, West Orange, New Jersey, USA

Company:

Edison Manufacturing Company

Trivia:

The first film that the Edison company made for commercial distribution; hence its place on the National Film Registry as the starting point in the American motion picture industry.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Edison: The Invention of the Movies (2005) (V)

Have you seen the Blacksmith scene?

I found this film on a DVD collection of short films. I believe the title of the DVD was the 'Treasury Collection', of which there are at least 4 volumes. It's hard to rate this film along the same standards one would rate, 'Casablanca' or 'Citizen Kane', because it isn't so much a movie with a plot, it's just a steady shot of some Blacksmith's working. The film couldn't have been longer than a minute. The one thing that I found to be interesting was that of being able to look back through time. It's kind of funny that in this day and age of 'Reality' teevee, the first movie sold to the public for viewing was a movie that was nothing more than a slice of everyday humdrum reality.

10/10. For being able to cross over into the 1800's.

Clark Richards