Link to old logging film

[jph]

I hope the links work.They are for two bits of old black and white silent film entitled "From Seed to Mill". Quality is pretty poor but but I hope they are of interest.


http://www.youtube.com/v/BcLayJsw4_0

http://www.youtube.com/v/4zSQ5mJRYyg

Thanks Jeff for explaining how to make the links.

John

[rebocardo]

Great films, thank you!

[Reddog]

Thanks, those are neat to watch.

[tonich]

jph, 

Thanks for sharing!

[Timburr]

Nice one John  8) 8)  From the 30's?

Apart from the crawler and sawmill, everything else is fueled with beef and potatoes.

I see, as part of the process, that the bark is peeled once felled.
A tidbit of history!!  Many decades ago,  most of our oak was felled in the 3 week period in May, when the cambium bond was at it's weakest.  The bark was peeled and sent to the tanneries for leather processsing.  Tannery bark was a useful bonus earner for forest owners back then and was big business, but like many industries, it has fallen by the wayside.  I believe there is only one British tannery left still using oak bark.

[Den Socling]

They are interesting looks at the past. Workers in the forest industry often have back-breaking and dangerous jobs today but nothing like these guys. How would you like to support a cant in a bandsaw with your bare hands?!

[james]

wow 8) 8) 8) 
james               

[leweee]

  Thanks for the Link John 

[rebocardo]

Yep, I found them taking the bark off interesting too. Peabody MA use to be practically the tanning center of the USA, I think they are now down to one company, Bond Leather.

[semologger]

i got a good find at a flea market this weekend. its an old time life book its called the loggers made in 1976. it shows guys peeling logs up to 18 feet thick. it is a very interesting book. it has a lot of old pitchures dating back in the 1890s. one page has  a painting of a hollow tree found in 1850s the tree was over 300 ft from roots to crown and measured 110 ft around at its base. it was a redwood. has my trees around here beat.

great film i love to watch those oldies

[Ron Scott]

Great film! A good job in cutting "low stumps".