I watched this film on a DVD that was rammed with short films from the period. I didn't watch all of them as the main problem with these type of things that their value is more in their historical novelty value rather than entertainment. So to watch them you do need to be put in the correct context so that you can keep this in mind and not watch it with modern eyes. With the Primitives & Pioneers DVD collection though you get nothing to help you out, literally the films are played one after the other (the main menu option is "play all") for several hours. With this it is hard to understand their relevance and as an educational tool it falls down as it leaves the viewer to fend for themselves, which I'm sure is fine for some viewers but certainly not the majority. What it means is that the DVD saves you searching the web for the films individually by putting them all in one place but that's about it.
Turns out that modern examples of kicking out similar films in the same year is not just a Hollywood thing, before the whole Deep Impact/Armageddon thing we in Britain had two "kissing in a train in a tunnel" films in the same year. George Smith's film is the same in terms of content as this one and to be honest in this regard they are both weak. However Smith's was technically impressive and is better than this version in that regard. Bamforth films do not experiment or work on devices as he did and as a result the value of the film is significantly less check out the George Smith film instead.