Nails
(2019, original release: 1979)

Nonfiction

eVideo

Provider: Kanopy

Details

PUBLISHED
National Film Board of Canada, 1979
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (streaming video file) (13 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

ISBN/ISSN
3876133
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Title from title frames

A blacksmith is seen labouring 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. Nominated for Best Documentary, Short Subject at the **Academy Awards**. Winner of Outstanding Theatrical Short at the **Genie Awards**

Film

In Process Record

Originally produced by National Film Board of Canada in 1979

Mode of access: World Wide Web

In English

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