Nails
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This Oscar-nominated documentary short tracks the shift in the relationship of an individual to his work between the 19th century and today. Focusing on how nails are made, we first see a blacksmith laboring at his forge, shaping nails from single strands of steel rods. The scene then shifts from this peaceful setting to the roar of a 20th century nail mill, where banks of machines draw, cut, and pound the steel rods faster than the eye can follow.
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Phillip Borsos Director · Michael Conway Baker Composer Raymond Hall Editor
First release January 1, 1979 · Produced in Canada
Production
ONF | NFB
Production
Canada
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Canada · January 1, 1979
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Ireland
October 14, 1980 · Premiere · Cork Film Festival
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