Blacksmith Scene #1

[PancakesHouse]

Them pictures is movin'! Witchcraft!

[sammni]

guy that gets the bottle should be gien an oscar :)

[Nerdsansintelligence]

Ow my hand ow my hand ow my hand.....

[DarthAzmul]

Its magic I tells ya! That old MrEdison is a witch!He done stole their souls!

[phxsns1]

It's so strange to watch clips like this and know that all of the people in them are long dead.

[MattTheSaiyan]

Good, but " Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge" (1888) is way better!

[87655788]

too bad you can't do that nowadays, ahhhhh old days... :)

[awhislyle]

This video is what America is about

[nukynk]

I wonder where those guys live today (sarcastic).

[TIKIMAN198]

@nukynk sarcasm? I never woulda fuckin' guessed..

[nukynk]

@TIKIMAN198 you might be surprised, but actually a lot of people on here would not have guessed. last time i posted a reply like this one, i got a bunch of replies by people trying to correct me or calling me stupid etc. just thought i'd save me some time and prevent more responses like this, but i guess this time i got the 'opposite type' of responses :-)

[Railer505]

Whew those are some dead people in that video!

[daCritic1000]

first movie to be made!

[HCShannon]

@daCritic1000

Actually that was "Roundhay Garden Scene"

[SirFancyBubbles]

3 guys 3 hammers ?

[Deokishisu]

Instead of paying 5 cents to watch this back in 1893 I could wait 114 years and watch it for free!

[LavLTC]

Brilliant.

[DareUtoLoveMusicMore]

Work, drink, work. Way to be!

[endgame]

From Time Magazine: The Blacksmith scene is the first kinetoscope production to be shown publicly, Dickson (Edison's Chief Assistant), presents three men wrapped in smithy aprons, their sleeves rolled up, rhythmically pounding an anvil with hammers. These first actors pause to take swigs from a beer bottle, then return to work. Initially, the man on the left is partially obscuring the left side of the screen while facing the action; he walks away after realizing he is in the way.

[SexyBoot1989]

the original one was completely silent.

[bumpynuks]

The 1st published film from T.A.E.

[SA6744]

thank u for uploading this

[chaseheadley]

inspirational.

[HangTheDJ16]

1893? Wow! There was me thinking that the oldest recorded footage in existence is from 1895... Wow...

[Phantom23100]

@HangTheDJ16 this was inducted into the National Film Registry it is the oldest known movie in there.

[magikush]

Thank you, God, for bestowing upon us HD TV

[GassyMaskz]

That's incentive to work if i've ever seen it.

[WorldEffigy]

Better than Avatar.

[CanadienDestroyer]

I still think that last guy got screwed out of a drink: yes, work needs to be done but at least let the guy have a sip!

[Sandcat87]

It's an intriguing thought as to how, at the time this was made, it was interesting to people because it would have been one of the first times they'd seen. Now it's interesting to us because it's one of the first films. In between then and now, there was a sort of interim period where maybe this just wasn't interesting to people.

[averagealien]

from wikipedia : "It is historically significant as the first Kinetoscope film shown in public exhibition on May 9, 1893 and is the earliest known example of "actors" performing a role in a film."

[brandmolotov54]

hey that last guy didnt get much to drink!

[Rmg12]

no its not

[PumpingWater]

sorry no it's not

[GlamMetalSucks]

No its not. Why are retards saying this is the oldest film or the first film? "Roundhay Garden Scene" is older than this film. "Monkeyshines No. 1" is older. "The Horse in Motion" by Eadweard Muybridge is considered to be the first motion picture ever.

[coprofilms]

Ok I was mistaken. And your rudeness shows who is the real retard lol

[dustin2010graham]

Actually the film you speak of is from 1888 while "The Blacksmith Scene" is from 1893.

[Lazyguy22]

Why aren't they all walking funny like they're supposed to in old films?

[cpenter]

That is an effect of slow frame rates improperly sped up, which didn't happen in this case.

[amishjim]

@Lazyguy22 and the cameras were hand crank, so theyd be on spot or way off depending on how much coffee the camera guy had..

[phoneix91]

A great film. I bet those guys in that film would have loved to see far film making has come.

[MelonHeadFilmz]

what's the name of the tune playing? If i'm not mistaken, its a tune used in Animal Crackers by the Marx Brothers

[cpenter]

I have no idea, I listen closely next time I watch the Marx Brothers though.

[Musicninja007]

@cpenter : It is in Groucho Marx....can't remember the name of it though, but I am quite certain it is in there....

[Montijew]

The music is "Anvil Chorus" from Verdi's Il trovatore.

[mcfuacata]

@MelonHeadFilmz

It's called the Anvil Chorus.

[emilygclarinet]

@MelonHeadFilmz It's the "Anvil Chorus" from Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore."

[Chuchotement]

@MelonHeadFilmz Of course, this is years too late...but the tune is Giuseppe Verdi's "Anvil Chorus" from the opera 'Il Trovatore.' (Fast-forward to just about 1:11 to hear the section featured in the Blacksmith Scene.)

[Alternatevil]

@MelonHeadFilmz

The music is the "Anvil Chorus", from the opera "Il trovatore" by Salvadore Cammarano, written in 1853.

...But two years later, and your account closed...who really cares?

[BloodPump]

I love that music score!

that aside, this is the granddaddy of all movies. Sure, it isn't anything special (EXCEPT BEING THE REASON MOVIES EXIST!!!), but a standard start.

The part where the guy pulled out the beer was the best.

[jonbois]

transformers 2 was a shameless retread of this classic film

[PCvillage]

WOW, this came out 116 years ago!

[mandarinspyce]

Are you joking me? If you compare this to other films of it's time, I think it's pretty incredible. You need to stop being such a stupid fucking twat and use your head- this was made in 1893, not 1993; it's one of the first pieces of film ever created. Of course it's not going to be perfect- or to use your terminology: look like shit. Nothing is ever done perfectly on the first try.

[josh66694]

it was a joke i was being satirical, so yes to answer your question, i WAS joking you. sorry if it came out the wrong way, i very much understand how much of a revolutionary film this was compared to the reels shot at the time.

[CharlieNation]

josh6694, your pretty shit if you ask me, two face assfucker!

[josh66694]

Haha, it quite amusing actually watching you get pissed over nothing, spelling my name wrong and using the wrong phrases, you really do crack me up.

[PizzzyP]

Drinking beer while working. Great idea. Although I wouldn't share it with my coworkers.

[mandarinspyce]

You need to understand that this was a different time; drinking on the job was not an uncommon thing. Going into work drunk was not uncommon. Hell, it still happens today- it's garnered more of a negative connotation for sure (ie, we as a society sternly look down on it), but this was a time when the working class consisted of "men" and being a "man" meant drinking. It was seen, at that time in history, as an "OK" thing to do.

[neobarockloki86]

According to the Internet Movie Database the film was made in a 35 mm format with an aspect ratio of 1.33 : 1. The movie was intended to be displayed through means of a Kinetoscope

[effyleven]

They are all stand-ins. Nobody did their own blacksmithing in the 1890s.

[evan6969]

were you there?

[trollplane]

Without this there would be no youtube.

[KickMeAndCancel]

not necessarily, but i see what you are saying.

[ilove1994]

No this is a movie so without these films no movies .

[jbaseball362]

@trollplane Without this there might very well not exist what we today know as the film industry.

[78625amginE]

This is freakin awesome!

[HARKENSCYLD]

I recognize this song, what is it called?

[TheEnd1190]

I dunno but It brings to mind one of those old like bugs bunny cartoons and one of the characters were sing this lines:

"I was working on the railroad... Oh the live long day" or something like that

[zorak1997]

It's called "Coro de los Herreros" from the Giuseppe Verdi opera "Il Trovatore". It was originally written for an orchestra and accompanying chorus. If you search youtube you'll find plenty of recordings of it. And yes, it probably was in a Bugs Bunny cartoon! I know the Marx Brothers used it in "A Night at the Opera".

[andeaver1937]

Boring movie...I bet none of these guys were nominated for an Oscar that year.

[CharlieNation]

oscar is made in 1928, and this great film is made before that.

[andeaver1937]

dude...i was kidding

[darnregistration]

so this is blacksmithing in the 1890's...

1. put metal slab on anvil

2. hammer at slab

3. drink booze

4. repeat

[TheEnd1190]

lol!

[mythbuster43]

@darnregistration Pretty tedious, unless you accidentally hit yourself with the hammer.

[bponscoutelier]

une vrai équipe, forgeant avec un bel ensemble.

[InvincibleDamien]

I love to see this kind of material available for free. Thanks a bunch

[tazer5]

i can see this as a beer commercial one of these days...

[Suazovic]

Wow, This is saved in the library of congress

[tazer5]

it should be! glad it is =)

[TheEnd1190]

According to wiki:

It is historically significant as the first Kinetoscope film shown in public exhibition on May 9, 1893 and is the earliest known example of "actors" performing a role in a film. It was added by the Librarian of Congress to the National Film Registry in 1995.

[Hotshotter3000]

This is a piece of history as we know it. A total experiment in motion picture. I'll bet those 3 blacksmiths would have loved to see how far film making has gone... or widespread, seeing that cameras are cheap and common as heck, and they're even putting cameras on USB keys now!

[kornfkinrule]

wow that was filmed 100 years and 2 months before i was even born.

[utubenicholas]

wow that's amazing! i love the rhythm they get going (0:13 - 0:20) you can see the guy facing the camera preparing for his hits at 0:14 - 0:15 and around 0:32

[pacificspade]

its so eerie for me to see Silent Movies, especially ones that reach so far back such as this one...the reason being that youre watching people who were born even before the American Civil War began...its so surreal!

[adriang0]

This is awesome to see a movie that was one of the first

[macarthur19]

The actors names are Charles Kayser and John Ott if anybody wanted to know, don't know the third one. circa wikipedia.

[f0u12th]

do you know what circa means you fucking moron???

[macarthur19]

Hell Yeaaahhhhhh!!!!! Wooooo!!! circa. me

[remache103094]

i am surpised this film is still around and was even recored wat about u guys

[CanadienDestroyer]

Wow, this is truly a piece of history here.

[BillyBatsonShazam]

sublime!

[OverlordDesu]

Its bizarre to think this is 115 years old and these people are long dead.

[1happiness]

can't feel the life they were living.

[kc70]

where did you find this video? and where could I find more this old or older?

[d3vilscry666]

I just read on wikipedia, and it said that it's copyright has expired and can be downloaded for free from the internet.

[retrohippie]

That frame rate is amazing for it's age!

[amesea]

but the oldest is roundhay garden .

[amesea]

This is the oldest one . you mean the lumere brothers that show the train coming this was in 95

[NightHawk91]

I think that there are older videos, but this is the first film to show actors portraying roles instead of just recording actual people.

[NightHawk91]

hey I was misinformed... roundhay garden scene (1888) IS the oldest surviving video, and it is a short film.

[nightwheel]

This has to be the oldest video on youtube. That there piece of history. Thank you for uploading it for people to watch and enjoy.

[TomahawkMissile]

no there is older videos. the oldest is roundhay garden scene. its the oldest surviving video