Workmen Movies

The American Dream becomes a nightmare for a group of undocumented day laborers hired by a wealthy couple. What they expect to be their biggest...

Three men hammer on an anvil and pass a bottle of beer around. Notable for being the first film in which a scene is being acted out.

A camera moving forward on an overhead crane gives a traveling view of men working on machinery. Carts carrying parts and pieces of machinery pass by...

Three men are chopping and transporting firewood, among passers-by, on a square in Lausanne.

Workmen as seen in the paintings of Constantin Meunier versus workmen in present day.