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Vu Feier an Eisen

Of Iron and Fire
by Gustave Labruyere
Country: Luxemburg
Year: 1921
Duration: 86'


In 1998, the Luxembourg steel company Arbed found about 30 relatively well-preserved nitrate reels. Most of the material came from a film entitled Columeta, made by Arbed in 1921. At the time, Arbed had bought out several metallurgical companies and become a veritable multi-national enterprise. In order to open up new markets, it opened up in 1920 a commercial outlet called Columeta, which decided, one year later, to produce a film about the company's factories, activities and products, as part of a vast advertising campaign.

Biography

film director

Gustave Labruyere

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