Men Of The Woods
Series
- Series Name
- Look At Life
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- NoS synopsis: The famous forest community, at Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps, where today hardly 500 make a living out of woodcraft. Although many of the old customs still survive, the logs will be moved from now on by cable to new roads, where tractors will take them down the mountain instead of the locally built horn sledges formerly used.
- Researcher Comments
- Look At Life Series 17 comprises Issues 209-221.
- Keywords
- Customs and traditions; Forestry
- Locations
- Germany; Bavaria; Berchtesgaden; Bavarian Alps
- Written sources
- British Film Institute Databases
The British National Film Catalogue Vol.1, 1963, p.61 - used for synopsis
British Movietonews Listing
- Credits:
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- Production Co.
- The Rank Organisation Special Features Division
- Commentator
- Tim Turner
- Support services
- Wilfred Greatorex
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Film Archive
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- Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean
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- British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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- British Film Institute (BFI)
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- The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
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How to cite this record
'Men Of The Woods', Look At Life Issue No. 218, 1963. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/349894 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)