December 28, 1895
Release Date

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The Blacksmiths (1895)

Name: The Blacksmiths
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1895-12-28

Running Time

December 28, 1895
Release Date

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Plot.

While his aide continuously turns the handle of the bellows, keeping hot a small furnace in front of him, a blacksmith is pounding a piece of metal on an anvil, then plunges the shaft into a tub of water, causing a cloud of vapor in the process.

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Cast & Crew.

Auguste Lumière

Producer

Louis Lumière

Director / Producer

Media.

Details.

Release Date
December 28, 1895

Original Name
Les forgerons

Status
Released

Running Time
1m

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2024-09-28

This Movie Is About.

silent film

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Wiki.

Les Forgerons (also known as The Blacksmiths) is an 1895 French short black-and-white silent documentary film directed and produced by Louis Lumière. Given its age, this short film is available to freely download from the Internet.

The film formed part of the first commercial presentation of the Lumière Cinématographe on 28 December 1895 at the Salon Indien, Grand Café, 14 Boulevard des Capuchins, Paris.