Village Blacksmith
1962 , Wangford (Suffolk)
Cat no. 205924
A Farming Diary episode for Anglia Television showing blacksmiths at work in a Suffolk village.
In the village of Wangford, Suffolk, the processes, tools, and skills involved in the professional trade of the blacksmith are shown. In a workshop, men heat and forge metal using a variety of equipment to create tools. Horses are led into a stable, and the detailed process of forging a horseshoe and re-shoeing a horse is shown. In a separate workshop, a motor engine and drainage pump are worked on, and an employee is interviewed concerning the equipment, his work conditions and duties. Fred, previously a farrier with the household cavalry, now employed by the firm, working at a lathe, explains the work of the firm, then Russell, a young employee, discusses his role with the firm, before explaining the workings of a coypu trap he is working on. Drainage equipment is put into place in a dyke, highlighting the practical use and importance of the work of the blacksmith in East Anglia.
Keywords
Blacksmithing
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Production company : Anglia Television
Manifestations
Village Blacksmith
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- INV330960
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0:12:37
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- 25/11/2011
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- 734491
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0:12:37
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- 31/08/2011
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0:12:37
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- 31/08/2011
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- INV334391
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- DV digital
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0:12:37
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- 10/05/2011
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- 710379
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- INV226968
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- master digital
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0:12:49
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- N
- Modification Date
- 20/05/2009
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- 679962
- Sound
- silent
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- INV166745
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- 524/62 FD
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- 16mm film
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- bw
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0:11:05
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- 27/03/2007
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- 584429
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- 524/62 FD
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- Unknown
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- 16mm film
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0:09:59
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- 27/03/2007
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- 584428
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- Canonical Identifier
- 524/62 FD
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- Unknown
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- 16mm film
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- Duration
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0:13:48
- Has Image
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- 27/03/2007
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- Sound
- sound
- Sound System
- mag full width
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- Activities
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- INV150027
- Canonical Identifier
- 524/62 FD
- Canonical Title
- Unknown
- Carrier Details
- Carrier Type
- 16mm film
- Colour Type
- bw
- Duration
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0:13:41
- Has Image
- Y
- Identifier
- Image Polarity
- neg
- Modification Date
- 27/03/2007
- Parts
- Reference
- 584426
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Genre: Television / Industrial / Sponsored Film
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Locations: Wangford (Suffolk)
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Description Type: monographic
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Related to: Farming Diary
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Related to: Anglia prog
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Subject: blacksmithing
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