[Technicolor Logging]

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Potsdam, New York
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Produced in 1983, contains footage appearing to be from the 1920s through the 1960s. // Steam log hauling through snow. Old car. Pan of logging area. Steam log hauling. Rolling logs. Men driving logs with Peaveys. Putting logs into river. Rushing water. Drivers riding logs. Men riding in batteau. Huge log pile (near mill?). House. Parade including men in kilts, Boy Scouts, floats. Log sawing contest and spectators on grassy hill. Aerial of bay. Tilt up red tree. Break. Aged man putting on snowshoes. Climbing hill. Waving from in front of house. Two-horse teams pulling logs. Woman kneading bread dough. Tractor log hauler. Steam log hauler. Crane loading boulders or stumps into truck. Log dam. Truck dumping large stones into dam area. Logs floating down river. Loggers carrying tools toward camera. Logs passing through dam, going down rapid water. Pan of gathered logs. Men in batteau. Logs on conveyor. Break. Title: 'Logging - Northern New York 1920s. Sisson-White Lumber Co. Potsdam, New York. Pulpwood from the tree...to the mill Lumber Camp' Man cutting meat, cooking. Loggers entering dining hall. Title: 'The Cruise.' Car driving through snow. Man and dog walking through snow. Man wears snowshoes. CU of man's face as he rests against tree and lights cigarette. Tilt up pine tree. Title: 'The Cut': Two men sawing, then chopping, then sawing tree. Tree falls. Chopping fallen tree with axe. Removing bark with tool. Stripped trees. Title: 'The Skid': Horse pulls cut trees. Several men eat at outdoor camp. Pan of food by fire. CUs of loggers. Horses eating snow. Stacked, snow-covered logs. Title: 'The Lynn Diesel Tractor:' hauler pulling logs. Diesel hauler. Truck. Smokestack at mill. Title: Hardwood Too -- this beech and maple made thousands of toilet seats.' Crane and logs. Title: 'That Lynn Diesel Again -- Just Look at that Load.': More aerial shots of logs being hauled. CU of sled blades. Title: 'The Spring Drive': Logs in rapid water. Title: 'Log Jam -- Raquette River, Dynamiting Free': Large splash, then loggers loosing logs which run down river.

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