FILM AUSTRALIA COLLECTION

Title Details

Wooden Wealth

An introduction to Australia's timber industry, from the felling of trees to its ultimate use in the production of a variety of different things such as houses, paper and toys.
Year : 1954 | Total Duration : 9 Minutes | Producer : Eric Thompson
Director : Gunnar Isaacson |
Tilt up to tall tree falling towards camera and crashing to ground. CUs large tree trunks being hauled past camera. Zoom to graphic map of Australia showing areas where large trees are grown. High pan across houses and factories of forest timber camp. MS man in suit farewelling wife and baby at gate of house. GS sawmill with workers arriving. Quicktime clip available.
Access No. 136754 | 1 min 23 secs | 1950s | Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
GS two timber-getters walking towards forest with saws slung over their shoulders. MS man climbing into timber tram. MS men sharpening axes on hand-wheel and VS sharpening axes and saws by hand. CUs man sharpening cross-cut saw with file. VS shirtless axemen gouging timber at base of huge tree trunk and inserting timber planks to climb higher on. CU to deep wedge chopped into tree (belly scar) by axemen. VS men at each end of cross-cut saw sawing through trunk then WS running up slope as tree starts to crash down. Quicktime clip available.
Access No. 136755 | 1 min 22 secs | 1950s | Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
VS bulldozers in forest carving out roads and WS bulldozer dragging large tree trunk behind it. VS rigger adjusting climbing boots with VS of him climbing high up large trunk with the aid of a rope. MS riggers companion watching from ground and smoking. WS of rigger several metres off ground chopping trunk. Quicktime clip available.
Access No. 136756 | 1 min 12 secs | 1950s | Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
WS of rigger several metres off ground chopping trunk high up and treetop crashing to ground. WS rigger still attached to top of swaying tree. VS felled logs being hauled across forest and through streams by skyline cables. MS to man at winch smoking pipe. WS cables lowering tree trunk onto timber tram and VS trunks chained to tram past camera. Quicktime clip available.
Access No. 136757 | 57 secs | 1950s | Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
MS logging truck past camera to mill. VS timbercutting in mill with MS to man guiding saw through log. VS man driving wedges into log whilst it travels under saw and man tending Dutch Oven furnace which burns sawdust providing steam to power saw. VS saws and workers cutting planks. WS truck transporting sawn timber to timber yard. Quicktime clip available.
Access No. 136758 | 52 secs | 1950s | Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
WS then zoom to men cutting sleepers for trains in forest glen. High shot then GS of train transporting timber telegraph poles. WS large timber yard with crane moving bundles of planks across grounds. MS tilt down from two carpenters hammering roof beams into place to MS man sawing plank. MS rolling machine making plywood. Quicktime clip available.
Access No. 136768 | 1 min 1 sec | 1950s | Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
MS of flat sheet being removed from machine VS machines processing timber for paper. MS newspaper on ground being lifted up by man who returns inside house. CUs small children with timber toys. MS and zoom to mother working thumb operated small timber dog whose head and limbs bend with pressure applied. CU man painting eye and lashes on wooden rocking horse then zoom out to row of horses. Quicktime clip available.
Access No. 136769 | 44 secs | 1950s | Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
WS and pans across forest. Pan of jeep driving past sign pointing to Bellangry Forest Office. VS two men in office looking at forestry survey map on wall and VS of forestry officers using measuring instruments to follow tree growth in forest. Ws with truck laden with logs travelling towards camera and sign for Bril Bril State Forest No. 158. WS over forest with cleared encampment in middle. Quicktime clip available.
Access No. 136770 | 45 secs | 1950s | Australia | © NFSA | B&W |