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Nails

Accession number: 
1979.0013
Production Years: 
1979

Languages:

Film Properties: 
Length (minutes): 
14
Holding Institutions: 

Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario: 16mm.

University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario: 16mm.

York University, Toronto, Ontario: 16mm.

Bibliography: 

Online Database National Film Board of Canada.
"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. Film without words."