Lumber Jacks AKA Lumberjacks 1940

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Lumberjacks in England.

M/S as lumberjacks from Canada and Newfoundland walk along in a big group. C/U axe head. Various good shots as they chop and saw the trees as well as sharpening the blades. Various shots of trees falling. They turn a branch over with special tools. The lumberjacks were...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
42820
Sort Number:
NSP 201
Time in/Out:
01:38:30:00 / 01:39:28:00
Canister:
NSP 201
Film ID:
1284.22
Issue Date:
08/02/1940

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