From Stump to Ship

[cousin jack]

Nearly half an hour long but some good footage and narrative of how it was.

 

http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.13585

 

I love the bit at the end

"The night was filled with music, and the cares that infest the day, shall fold their tents like the Arabs, and then silently steal away".

[Xerxses]

Nearly half an hour long but some good footage and narrative of how it was.

 

From stump to ship: A 1930 logging film : National Archives and Records Administration : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

 

I love the bit at the end

"The night was filled with music, and the cares that infest the day, shall fold their tents like the Arabs, and then silently steal away".

 

Excellent find!

[penfold]

great insight into a lost industry.

[Foord]

Brilliant, really enjoyed watching that.

[cousin jack]

Now on you-tube

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIKCjQdxtO0&feature=g-hist&context=G2bc55ecAHT36ujQAAAA]From stump to ship: A 1930 logging film - YouTube[/ame]

[silky fox]

All that felling and cross-cutting by hand...just shows what an innovation the petrol chainsaw was! and the timber hauler looks like a model T Ford on skis..

[cousin jack]

All that felling and cross-cutting by hand...just shows what an innovation the petrol chainsaw was! and the timber hauler looks like a model T Ford on skis..

 

Yep, the chainsaw was a great invention, but, those guys still got the job done!

Not to many obesity problems neither despite having 4 cooked meals a day,

[Andy Collins]

4 cooked meals a day, my idea of heaven