TIMBER MAKES NEWS (1947)
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Published 2020-09-14
Shot by Tasman Higgins (?) Made by Alexander Cann, United Documentary Films.
Please be advised that this footage may contain words and descriptions that may be culturally sensitive, which reflect the attitude of the period in which the film was produced, and which may be considered inappropriate today.
Tasmanian Archives: Film TIMBER MAKES NEWS - Timber industry and use of timber in newsprint; operations at Boyer - includes timber felling, methods of period, ogging train, Bushy Park, Boyer Mill, Tarraleah, newsprint production. black and white release print, sound – 20m 50s - Reference: AC672/1/219
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All Comments (21)
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Love seeing that archive footage, nice work piecing it all together.
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I think I saw my grandfather Jim Mckerrow, and my father Warren Turner in that video, but not sure. They both worked at the paper mill around that time and I was born in Newnorfolk in '54
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Wasted these beauty's on paper , first class furniture or building timber, my dad started at anm in the early fifties he said it wasn't long and the best timber was gone
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Primal timbers, hundreds of years old, only one's left our protected by government, back when men were men, my grandfather was a lumberjack. Rip
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the skills and ingenuity are first rate , sad majestic trees are gone and some for just paper
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Kerja kayu jaman dulu👍👍👍🙏🙏salam dari Indonesia🇮🇩
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Timely upload. What a travesty, each one of these that was knocked down.
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Was the water used, tap or river water?
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thanks
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Many tree utters used a spring board system to cut the tree 8-12-16 feet above the ground..Old grown had huge butt swell so the cutter moved up to where the log was consistant on up higher in the first log..Plus the tree was cut faster at the smaller diameter.. This practice was done all over the world.. But typical only usa and Australia and new Zealand had these big trees during the 1890’s. 1920’s..
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A different time, but gee, newspaper,, really??
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I love the sound of big timber hitting the dirt. Even today we still get a few when the Forestry aren't around
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Интересно бы посмотреть, что сейчас на месте тех лесов?
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Лес теперь пилить не надо в таких Объёмах..
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小时候看过这个纪录片，后来找不到了
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MY 2XG-UNCLE WAS PREMIER OF TASMANIA IN THE MID 1800S...HE WAS CALLED TEA & SUGAR TOMMY...HE OWNED A LARGE PROPERTY WITH AN ESTATE HOUSE CALLED 'SUNNYSIDE HOBARTON'...I HAVE PICTURES OF THE MASSIVE HOUSE THAT HAD A TOWER & CLOCK ON IT, WHICH WAS LATER REMOVED AND OVER THE NEXT 70 YEARS OR MORE, THE PROPERTY WAS DOWNSIZED...HIS NAME WAS THOMAS DANIEL CHAPMAN, ESQ. & WIFE CATHERINE SWAN...;)
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And then came the internet, now we get honest news with Sky News Australia and News Max.......
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The forests that they grew back are now considered old growth worthy of world heritage protection.
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Disboscamento..😢😢😢😢😢
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Mind blowing that such primo old growth trees went to paper. Unbelievable methods but they got it all in the end. No old growth left anymore.
