| CANDIAN SOLDIERS DO LUMBER WORK | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tape Master: | 5121 | |
| Catalog #: | 366021 | |
| Clip Number: | 366021-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 66 L | |
| Timecode: | 01:26:02 - 01:26:46 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1917 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CONTESTS: Misc INDUSTRY: Logging & Lumber / Timber LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England MILITARY: Army, Canadian SPORTS/ATHLETIC GAMES: Lumberjack Contests (Timber Sports) WORLD WAR ONE, MILITARY: Misc. | |
| Description: | Military; Labor; Canadian soldiers act as lumberjacks. This seems to be a sort of contest; with spectators in BG in some shots. Opens with shot of soldiers driving teams of work horses dragging logs. One Soldier chopping log with axe. Soldiers chopping wood. Then 2 men sawing log; with double saw; while a 3rd man holds log in place. They finish and the one guy holds up a small section of log; then drops it. Shot of same guy holding up the long 2-man saw; with jagged teeth. (another man's arm is also in the frame; helping to hold saw up.) | |
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