- Les Forgerons
Infobox Film
name = Les Forgerons
image_size = 175px
caption = Screencap from "Les Forgerons"
director =Louis Lumière
producer = Louis Lumière
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music =
cinematography = Louis Lumière
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released =1895
flagicon|FinlandJune 28 1896
runtime = 49 seconds
country =France
language = Silent
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imdb_id = 0000022"Les Forgerons" (also known as "The Blacksmiths") is an 1895 French short
black-and-white silentdocumentary film directed and produced byLouis 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
December 28 1895 at the Salon Indien, Grand Café, 14 Boulevard des Capuchins, Paris. [ cite web| url=http://www.victorian-cinema.net/venues.htm |title=Salon Indien, Grand Café, Paris| work=Who's Who of Victorian Cinema |accessdate=2007-04-05| format=HTML ]Production
As with all early Lumière movies, this film was made in a 35 mm format with an aspect ratio of 1.33:1. It was filmed by means of the
Cinématographe , an all-in-one camera, which also serves as a film projector and printer (copier). [ cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000022/technical |title=Technical Specifications |work=Internet Movie Database |accessdate=2007-04-05 |format= HTML ]Plot
Two men stand working as blacksmiths. The one on the left of the screen repeatedly hammers an
anvil while the man on the right winds a device. The man of the left then removes the metal he was hammering and places it into a bucket of water. At the end of the film a third man walks onto the screen from the left but the film ends before the reason for this is revealed.References
External links
* [http://www.institut-lumiere.org/francais/films/1seance/1seance05.html Complete video at The Lumiere Institute]
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