[Harvard Forest Films] Reel 20

Date1928

AbstractIntertitle: “Ancient “Open Pit Process” of Burning Charcoal - Black Rock Forest” Footage of two workers using a horse-drawn sled to haul wood to the stack, building, operating and unloading a large, open pit charcoal kiln made out of logs and soil and then bagging the coal with intertitles throughout explaining each step of the process. Donor Notes: “Black Rock Forest - Open Pit Charcoal” Notes on can: “21332 - BH Dupe 449 - OK” Notes on leader: “414315-1 DK” “B=W Print” [Ernest Stillman was associated with Black Rock Forest, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Rock_Forest]