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Release year: 1893

Storyline

Three men hammer on an anvil and pass a bottle of beer around.

Top credits

Directors

William K.L. Dickson

Cast

Charles Kayser — Blacksmith
John Ott — Assistant

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Did you know

• The mixing of work and alcohol was commonplace in the early 19th century, especially amongst heavy laborers. By the 1890's, however, the practice had died away. The use of the bottle of beer in this film is intended to invoke a sense of comic nostalgia of a bygone era.

• The first film that the Edison company made for commercial distribution, hence its place on the National Film Registry as the starting point in the American motion picture industry.

• One of the 50 films in the 4-disk boxed DVD set called "Treasures from American Film Archives (2000)", compiled by the National Film Preservation Foundation from 18 American film archives. This film was preserved by the Museum of Modern Art.