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Nails

Title
Nails [motion picture] / Philip Borsos, Mercury Pictures.
Publication
New York : National Film Board of Canada, 1980.

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Additional Authors
Borsos, Phillip
Subject
  • Blacksmiths
  • Assembly-line methods
  • Labor movement
  • Working class
Genre/Form
Films without narration.
Credits (note)
  • Director, Philip Borsos.
Title
Nails [motion picture] / Philip Borsos, Mercury Pictures.
Imprint
New York : National Film Board of Canada, 1980.
Description
1 film reel (13 min.) : sd. col. ; 16 mm.
Credits
Director, Philip Borsos.
Summary
Uses the process of nailmaking to illustrate man's changing relationship to his work. The handicraft skills of a lone blacksmith are contrasted with the hectic pace of contemporary production and the quiet tempos of a water powered factory of the previous century. A film without narration.
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Added Author
Borsos, Phillip.
Branch Call Number
M16 2634 N
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