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HNL 1210: Forest Wealth

A look at the Forestry Commission of New South Wales, established in 1916, and its work in forest management and reafforestation with pine plantations.
Year : 1930 | Total Duration : 11 Minutes |
Director : Captain Stanley W. Hawkins M.C. |
(Can 3) - Bullock team through forest, man with whip. Men attaching logs to bullock team, logs move and cattle strain. VS Bullock team hauling huge log,. Two men tipping log off wagon with crowbar. Logs taken off on tractor and trailer. Bullock team at river's edge. Pan many logs on river bank, steam boat. Bullock team walk along bank.
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Access No. 41718 | 2 mins 32 secs | 1930s | NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
(Can 3) - Huge logs rolled by hand onto steam boat. VS boat down river with logs in front. POV boat to pelicans on water & flying. VS steam boat with paddles proceeding down river. Saw mill on river bank, piles of logs.
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Access No. 41719 | 2 mins 15 secs | 1930s | NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
(Can 3) - Woodcutter standing elevated from ground and chopping at huge tree with axe, cattle in foreground. Tree falling. Man chopping railway sleeper from log with axe. Cutting railway sleeper out from log and trimming sleeper with axe.
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Access No. 41721 | 1 min 4 secs | 1930s | NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
(Can 3) - Horse drawn wagon pulling load of railway sleepers through forest (five horses). HAS Train travelling over bridge. POV under bridge up to rain passing over railway tracks overhead. HAS and VS young forest of softwood trees. Men from Forestry Commission walking to forest and start chopping down trees, trees falling, smoke as fire lit to clear land.
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Access No. 41723 | 2 mins 18 secs | 1930s | NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
(Can 3) - Workers from Forestry Commission felling tees, burning felled scrub, pan barren landscape of tree stumps. Caption says 100 acres cleared in 2 hours. Deforestation.
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Access No. 41725 | 41 secs | 1930s | NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
(Can 3) - Two woodcutters chopping into tree trunk with axes, running away as it falls into forest. One man standing on trunk and chopping into fallen tree
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Access No. 123142 | 30 secs | 1930s | NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
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