The Pioneer Blacksmith

Series: Pioneer Life Series

Duration: 11

Genre: Educational | Historical

Year Published: 1961

Creator: Indiana U Audio-Visual Center

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Shows the importance of a blacksmith in a pioneer community of early America and exhibits representative samples of his work. Emphasizes services he performed such as shoeing horses, forming iron tires for wagon wheels, fixing links in chains, making nails, and repairing the broken iron and steel parts of the farmers' tools. Pictures the blacksmith's skill in using his bellows, forge, and anvil plus showing examples of household items made for pioneer homes including a toaster, fireplace crane and hook, door latches and trivets., Shows the pioneer blacksmith at work using the tools, materials, and techniques of his trade. Explains the importance of the blacksmith shop in filling the pioneers' needs for the manufacture and repair of iron and steel goods.

Complete Record: Shows the importance of a blacksmith in a pioneer community of early America and exhibits representative samples of his work. Emphasizes services he performed such as shoeing horses, forming iron tires for wagon wheels, fixing links in chains, making nails, and repairing the broken iron and steel parts of the farmers' tools. Pictures the blacksmith's skill in using his bellows, forge, and anvil plus showing examples of household items made for pioneer homes including a toaster, fireplace crane and hook, door latches and trivets., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.