From Stump to Ship, A 1930 Logging Film
The most complete look at the long-log industry. The Machias Lumber Company is featured. Men cut trees by hand and load them onto horse-drawn sleds to be hauled over snow to rivers. Skilled river drivers maneuver logs downstream, risking their lives and limbs every day. Also, work in the steam powered mill. Remarkably detailed scenes, filmed year-round, are enhanced by Alfred Ames original 1930 script, read here by Maine humorist Tim Sample. This film is so great that it was selected to the National Film Registry Library of Congress!