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Date: | Tue, 7 May 2002 09:25:10 -0500 |
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For those with an interest in nail manufacture, several decades ago the
National Film Board of Canada produced a 13 minute film called "Nails." It
was created as an art film rather than a documewntary but provides a good
illustration of the three major forms of nail manufacture; forging, cutting
and wire. The cut nail process was presumably filmed at the Tremont
factory. There is no narration but none is really necessary. The video can
be purchased by going to the National Film Board of Canada web site and
searching for Nails. The statement below, from the web site, provides a
thumbnail sketch of the contents. Not only does the film "emphasize the
changing relationship between the individual and his work," it also
provides a reflection of the changing pace of life from early colonial
times to the present.
"A blacksmith is seen laboring at his forge, shaping nails from single
strands of
steel rods. The scene shifts from this peaceful setting to the roar of a
twentieth-century nail mill, where banks of machines draw, cut, and pound
the
steel rods faster than the eye can follow. The scene then shifts back to a
nineteenth-century nail factory. These diametrically opposed scenes
emphasize
the changed relationship between the individual and his work."
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