Three men hammer on an anvil and pass a bottle of beer around.
There is not much to say about this because it only happens to be a minute long. But even at the minute, it looks pretty good and we can see that the film industry is off to a good start. Maybe this was staged, but that is what most film -- at least commercially -- happens to be.
There is speculation that the bottle of beer is supposed to be a slightly humorous hint that this is a bygone era, because although blacksmithing still existed in 1890, the idea of drinking at work had more or less faded away. Whether this is true or not, I have no idea. I can see no reason that it just did not happen that these guys were thirsty blacksmiths. Drinking on the job is not unheard of.
There is not much to say about this because it only happens to be a minute long. But even at the minute, it looks pretty good and we can see that the film industry is off to a good start. Maybe this was staged, but that is what most film -- at least commercially -- happens to be.
There is speculation that the bottle of beer is supposed to be a slightly humorous hint that this is a bygone era, because although blacksmithing still existed in 1890, the idea of drinking at work had more or less faded away. Whether this is true or not, I have no idea. I can see no reason that it just did not happen that these guys were thirsty blacksmiths. Drinking on the job is not unheard of.