Home & Abroad: Mechanical Logging

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1289A
Date Released
18 Feb 1954
Date submitted
8 Feb 1954
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 8
Section Title
Home & Abroad
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mechanical Logging. DESCRIPTION: Lumbering in Northern Quebec is made easier by the mechanical grabs that can move two and a half tons of twelve foot logs at a time. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Tree falling. Various scenes of lumbering. Very good shots of trees falling to ground. Tractor comes along and grabs up large amount of logs at one time. Stacks same onto lorry. Large lorry laden with logs passes camera.
Keywords
Vehicles; Forestry
Locations
Quebec; Canada
Footage sources
National Film Board of Canada
Card file number
60533
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
59
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Home & Abroad: Mechanical Logging', British Movietone News Issue No. 1289A, 18 Feb 1954. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/19053 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)