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The Incendiary Foreman
Description
Unused / unissued material -
Early drama film - The Incendiary Foreman.
A foreman and the company boss talk to two employees. The foreman tells one of them to look out - that he is in line to lose his job.
Intertitle reads: "The Foreman's Breakfast". The foreman gets his breakfast...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Mark
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Silent
- Media URN:
- 60777
- Sort Number:
- UN 0001 J (A)
- Time in/Out:
- 01:00:03:00 / 01:12:29:00
- Canister:
- UN 1 J (A)
- Film ID:
- 1830.01
- Issue Date:
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This is a French-made film, originally titled "Le Contremaitre Incendiaire". It was made in 1908.
Purely for interest, attached is an original newspaper advert for the film from 2 May 1908 - it's listed right at the bottom of the first advert....
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/c
gi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=AS190
80502.2.249.8