Back to Search Results

    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

  View Our Index
Saga of a White Pine Board
Description: Details the journey of lumber produced for the Crane Lumber Company of Thessalon, Ontario, Canada, from loggers felling White Pine Trees in a snow covered forest to lumber being shipped on boats and trains after being sawed at the Thessalon mill.
Loading the player...

Log in to Download Large mp4 File

Find Similar

Send This Clip

If you wish to order less than the entire clip, enter the in and out time codes (00:00:00:00 to 00:00:00:00) in this box and click one of the links below

Add to Cart

Request a research DVD

Clip #: MF-18A
Length: 45:48
Color: B/W
Sound: Silent
Library: TFA Network
Decade: 1920s
Region: North America
Country: Canada
Subject: Timber
Original: 35mm
Keywords:
1920s, Canada, Ontario, Thessalon, Crane Lumber Company LTD, White Pine trees, Pinus Strobus, Timber Cruiser, logging crew aided by snowshoes and dogsled walking through snow covered forest, loggers assembling makeshift tent in snow and chopping down wood and branches to be used as tent supports / flooring / firewood, to select trees to be harvested, woodsmen, Glendale, Crane Lumber Company depot for loggers horses and supplies, crew departing depot in car headed to logging camp on inspection trip, snow covered logging camp, logging crew, family and camp dining staff, cook ringing dinner bell and waving as loggers filing into mess hall, lumbermen, White Pine forest, loggers felling White Pine trees and sawing / using axes to cut logs, logs being pushed down steep hill, horses pulling individual logs to line of log road, logs being decked on skidways, logging crew eating lunch being cooked in campfire, logging crew building log road through woods, swampy area being tramped down for solid bottom, horses pulling sled applying ice finish to log road, team of horses struggling to pull sled through heavy snow, lake being prepared for the log dump, draft horses being used to tramp and roll snow so that frost can better penetrate and thicken the ice, loggers hauling logs onto sleds, sleighs, horses pulling logging sleds on snow covered log road, sand hill men preparing road for horses to safely transport logs down snowy hills, logs being dumped on frozen lake, steam hauler transporting logs, lumbermen unloading logs from steam hauler, forest after lumbermen have completed their work, logs being sluiced through dam from Saymo to Ranger Lake after Spring breakup, logs being rafted and towed down Ranger Lake to head of Garden River by the “alligator,” logs being sluiced through various dams after reaching river, logs traveling over one hundred miles down Garden River, river drivers releasing logs caught fast and starting them again on their journey down river, logs having arrived at mouth of Garden River spilling through opened boom into St. Mary’s River, logs being rafted by tugs to Thessalon, logs arriving at Thessalon mill-pond, sawmill, male workers sawing logs into lumber, lath, picket mill, gang saw, edger, trimmer, stacks of lumber, horse drawn carts transporting lumber to boats and trains, workers loading lumber onto boats and trains to be shipped

The Travel Film Archive reserves the right to pursue unauthorized users of this image or clip. If you violate our intellectual property you may be liable for: actual damages, loss of income, and profits you derive from the use of this image or clip, and, where appropriate, the costs of collection and/or statutory damages up to $150,000 (USD).
Download Large mp4 File (click once) Download Large mp4 File (click once)
Back to top