| TREE FELLING COMPETITION Competition for lumberjacks - crowds watch as they cut down trees. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5347 |
| Catalog #: | 243126 | |
| Clip Number: | 243126-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1326 | |
| Timecode: | 01:33:54 - 01:35:14 | |
| Location: | Newcastle, Tyne and Wear | |
| Year Shot: | 1926 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY: Logging & Lumber / Timber LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Tyne and Wear, Newcastle SPORTS/ATHLETIC GAMES: Lumberjack Contests (Timber Sports) | |
| Description: | Tree felling competition. Britain's most expert axemen compete in National Contests. Chopwell Wood, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear. Panning of a crowd of men and boys in woodland. In the foreground a lumberjack is hacking at a tree trunk with an axe. Various M/Ss of the lumberjack at work. C/U of axe cutting into trunk. M/S of two lumberjacks using a saw with two handles to finish off chopping down the tree. Two men in suits inspect their work. M/S of the two men sawing. Various M/S of the tree finally falling to the ground. M/S of two lumberjacks hacking the branches off the fallen fir tree. | |
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