Workman

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows workman

Work

Charlie and his boss have difficulties just getting to the house they are going to wallpaper. The householder is angry because he can't get breakfast and his wife is screaming at the maid as they arrive. …

poster Workers Repairing a Sidewalk with Bitumen

Workers Repairing a Sidewalk with Bitumen

1mn - Documentary

Workmen fix a walkway with bitumen.

poster Horse Shoeing

Horse Shoeing

1mn - Documentary, Drama

One of the pictures to be seen in the machine, for example, was that of a blacksmith shop in which two men were working, one shoeing a horse, the other heating iron at the forge. One would be seen to driv…

poster Demolition of a Wall

Demolition of a Wall

1mn - Documentary

Auguste Lumière directs four workers in the demolition of an old wall at the Lumière factory. One worker is pressing the wall inwards with a jackscrew, while another is pushing it with a pick. When the wa…

poster Children Who Labor

Children Who Labor

The father of a working class family is having trouble finding a job, because the local textile mill is hiring only inexpensive child labor. Reluctantly, he allows his oldest daughter to work in the mill.…

poster A Victim of Misfortune

A Victim of Misfortune

Painter pursued by policeman, laundress, milkman, etc.

poster Sideshow Wrestlers

Sideshow Wrestlers

8mn - Drama, Comedy

A man gets cajoled into working as a sideshow wrestler.

poster The Blacksmiths

The Blacksmiths

1mn - Documentary

While his aide continuously turns the handle of the bellows, keeping hot a small furnace in front of him, a blacksmith is pounding a piece of metal on an anvil, then plunges the shaft into a tub of water,…

poster An Improvised Fireworks Display

An Improvised Fireworks Display

On a city street, a number of men take advantage of an old drunken bum.

poster An American in the Making

An American in the Making

An Immigrant has come to the United States and is sponsored by a relative. He takes him to find employment and show him how the American work is protected by showing different types of safety equipment.

poster What Drink Did

What Drink Did

A man leaves his wife and two daughters for work in a carpentry shop. At work, he initially refuses a beer with lunch, then gives in. After work, two friends take a little while to convince him to go for …

poster The Fighting Gentleman

The Fighting Gentleman

A young mechanic loses an amateur fight at a carnival, and sets out to train hard to become a professional boxer.

poster The Yawner

The Yawner

A top-hatted man gets dressed in the morning, and starts to yawn, causing his housekeeper to yawn as well. He sets off down the street where he proceeds to make others yawn as well, including a shop keepe…

The Egg

Stan plays a mischievous and clumsy worker in a lumber factory.

poster A Clever Dummy

A Clever Dummy

An inventor and his assistant build a robot that looks like their janitor, and everyone tries to profit off the invention.

Move On

2mn - Documentary

In certain sections of New York City large numbers of Jewish and Italian push-cart vendors congregate so closely along the sidewalks that they interfere with traffic. Policemen keep them moving. The pictu…

poster The Count

The Count

A tailor's apprentice burns Count Broko's clothes while ironing them and the tailor fires him. Later, the tailor discovers a note explaining that the count cannot attend a dance party, so he dresses as su…

poster On the Fire

On the Fire

Harold is a chef with certain devices for labor saving.

poster A Dull Razor

A Dull Razor

This picture shows an old gentleman seated at his shaving table. The razor is evidently giving him a great deal of trouble...

poster The Clockmaker's Dream

The Clockmaker's Dream

A weary clock-maker dozes off in a chair. While he is asleep, three women suddenly appear in the midst of his shop. They proceed to show the sleeping clock-maker some new kinds of clocks that they know ho…

Related terms

See also