| THE VILLAGE SMITHY STANDS Women's Blacksmith Shop | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6764 |
| Catalog #: | 434246 | |
| Clip Number: | 434246-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 207 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Barrow Gurney, Avon, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1931 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY: Metal, Misc | |
| Description: | THE VILLAGE SMITHY STANDS Two women run a village blacksmith shop in Barrow Gurney. Barrow Gurney, Avon, England 2 young women (sisters?) blacksmiths in Barrow Gurney, on the Bristol Road. MS the 2 girls at the forge in old-fashioned smithy; one turning crank of machine while other sticks a poke in the fire; tools and pieces of metal hanging on wall in BG. MLS same; woman pulls white-hot strip out of fire. MLS she hammers the metal into a curve on the anvil; in BG a workhorse stands tied outside wide doorway of shop, farther in BG an old house. MLS one girl holds spike over the new horseshoe while the other pounds it with the sledgehammer. Different view of same w/ exterior in BG. MLS one of the young women shoes the shaggy horse. MS woman turning handle on a drill(?), while pouring in oil from oil can. MS woman filing something which is held in a clamp? MS the 2 girls pose holding some of their tools & smiling. | |
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