Richard Hale Collection Reel 17

Date1948 – 1951

AbstractFootage of deer, including a man petting one. Footage of loggers cutting down trees with chain saws and axes and surveying trees in the forest. Footage of river drivers in boats around a log boom. Footage of the river drivers eating lunch on the bank of the river. Footage of river drivers moving logs along and maintaining a log boom with pick poles. A shot of a snowy lumber yard. Footage of workmen building houses in winter. Shots of the inside of a building with equipment in it. Shots of the exterior of the camp. Footage of a man cutting logs to pulp length. Footage of the camp and a town on the lake. Shots of cooks at a logging camp. A shot of a woman in a suit standing next to some loggers. Footage of men walking around camp. Footage of loggers cutting trees and logs with axes and chain saws while the woman and a man watch. A few shots of men cutting and stacking logs. A few shots of men using motorized and manual bucksaws. A shot of a horse pulling a cart of gas cans. A man measuring, or scaling, logs. Footage of a lumber yard. Footage of men in the forest. A few shots of tractors. Forestry students line up and get equipment out of a trunk. Footage of students learning fire fighting techniques on a brush fire. Footage of a covered bridge and a lake. Notes on leader: “St. Regis - Passadumkeag operation EPW co. camps” “Winter Logging Indian Town - Deer - Machias R. Log Drive (Forestry Dept. U of M Orono)”