| THE BIG SPLASH Logs Sliding Down Steep Chute | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6790 |
| Catalog #: | 444679 | |
| Clip Number: | 444679-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 277 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | North America | |
| Year Shot: | 1929 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY: Logging & Lumber / Timber | |
| Description: | THE BIG SPLASH! Log chutes. Transportation of large tree trunks by chutes, trolleys, trains and barges. North America MLS huge trunks being transported on railroad tracks. MLS end view of logs being released and rolling / crashing down to left. Log rolling wildly, turns lengthwise and slides down steep chute to water below, making indeed a big splash; can also see bridge on scaffolding at rt. in BG. LS view from bottom, across water of log zooming down the chute and sending up a huge splash in front of camera. LS man walking on floating log in water, propelling and steering it by sticking long narrow pole into water to push off from river or lake bottom. Another view from top of chute as log slides away. Then another view from water of a log coming down chute and bouncing across water at camera. WS a bunch of logs floating together in FG, then 2 long bridges, and in BG can see another splash as a log hits the water. Flatcars stacked w boards on railroad track; workers push cars forward on track, stop. Cables w/ hooks descend from above, and the workers fasten these to bars around a load of the cut timber. Wider shot load of boards is lifted up via giant pulley; pan as it swings to left, sliding down cables over water to ship. Timber, lumber, wood, logging, industry, log chute, raw materials, pulley, freight, cargo | |
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