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Irons In The Fire

1970 , St Osyth (Essex)

Cat no. 1355

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A blacksmith's working day

This film begins with early morning shots of St. Osyth. There is a static shot of a castle type building. Shots of quite streets precede shots of the exterior of H.R. Griggs, blacksmiths. Inside the blacksmith shows the camera rods of metal. He selects one, places it into a vice and then cuts it to size. At the furnace, the blacksmith pumps the bellows to increase the temperature of the fire. He hammers the heated metal into a horse shoe shape. Throughout this there are cut away shots to the fire and the bellows. The blacksmith is talking as he works.He removes the old show from a horse's hoof and trims the hoof. He heats the shoe, adjusts the shape and then applies the hot shoe to the horse's hoof. He nails it into place. The horse is led out onto a now busy street.

Keywords

Blacksmiths; traditional crafts

Other Places

St. Osyth

Manifestations

Irons In The Fire

  • Barcode
    INV450747
    Canonical Identifier
    VP-1472
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Details
    Carrier Type
    16mm film
    Colour System
    colour
    Colour Type
    colour
    Duration
    0:06:00
    Has Image
    Y
    Has Sound
    Y
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    pos
    Modification Date
    05/05/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    707130
    Sound
    sound
    Sound System
    optical
  • Barcode
    INV417416
    Canonical Identifier
    A-3489
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Details
    Carrier Type
    16mm film
    Colour System
    colour
    Colour Type
    colour
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:09:43
    Has Image
    Y
    Has Sound
    N
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    neg
    Modification Date
    27/04/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    706767
    Sound
    silent

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