[Harvard Forest Films] Reel 10

Date1928 – 1934

AbstractIntertitle: “White pine in need of thinning Wind causes crown friction” A shot of a man in the woods followed by a few shots of tree tops blowing in the wind. Intertitle: “Marking the stand for thinning Petersham Town Forest” Footage of workers marking and cutting down trees. A few shots of workers loading logs onto a cart that is then dragged away by a horse. Footage of workers cutting lumber and then loading the boards onto a cart. Intertitle: “The Lumber is piled in a nearby clearing” A few shots of workers piling lumber in stacks. Various intertitles about logging intercut with workers using a horse-drawn cart and tractors to haul logs and workers unloading the carts. Two intertitles about different kinds of strands in Harvard Forest intercut with footage of men inspecting trees. Donor Notes: “Harvard Forest Various Scenes including Logging, Mill, Town Forest” Notes in can: “Shows R.T. Fisher weeding mixed hardwoods”