Wood Chopping Contest
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 4
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Wood Chopping Contest. DESCRIPTION: The big attraction at the Sydney Royal Easter Show is the annual Wood Chopping Contest. With axes that are razor sharp, the men battle against time to be first to chop through a log. SHOTLIST: GV sign ‘Woodchopping Contest’ pan to stadium. MS man chopping log. Man selecting log. Man sharpening log and shaving arm to show sharpness. MS man standing on log chopping. Various of other contestants. Log being cut in two. Shots men cutting vertical logs. Various of contest. MC small boy cutting log. Crowd applauding. Shots men climbing up tall logs and cutting tops off. Shot of the winner and runner-up.
- Keywords
- Competitions; Industry and manufacture
- Locations
- Sydney; Australia
- Footage sources
- Australia
- Card file number
- 77/70
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leonard Martin
- Length of story (in feet)
- 186
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How to cite this record
'Wood Chopping Contest', British Movietone News Issue No. 2499, 24 Apr 1977. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/30977 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)