Most people would be hard-pushed to identify a five-minute film that's probably twice as long as it needs to be, but anybody who was watched this early short would probably put it forward for consideration.
It's quite interesting to begin with as we see a gigantic metal bucket being manoeuvred into position in a well in the foundry floor. Then a gate is opened and molten metal begins to flow down a curved chute before spilling into the bucket. All this preparation takes maybe ninety seconds which means we're then faced with three-and-a-half minutes of watching the molten metal flowing into the bucket while a few men wander around, waiting for the bucket to be filled - and for the concept of health and safety regulations to be introduced so that they no longer have to skip over the chute when they want to cross the room.
It's quite interesting to begin with as we see a gigantic metal bucket being manoeuvred into position in a well in the foundry floor. Then a gate is opened and molten metal begins to flow down a curved chute before spilling into the bucket. All this preparation takes maybe ninety seconds which means we're then faced with three-and-a-half minutes of watching the molten metal flowing into the bucket while a few men wander around, waiting for the bucket to be filled - and for the concept of health and safety regulations to be introduced so that they no longer have to skip over the chute when they want to cross the room.
