Wandering the woods (1930-1939)

Footage №66454, 1 part, black-white
Availability:Film hasn't been digitized
Director:Zepp Cigler /Sepp Ziegler/
Camera operators:Zepp Cigler /Sepp Ziegler/

Reel №1

Germany.

PNRM. on Tyrol.

Three loggers are floating in a boat, moor to the shore and climb up the hill with saws and axes.

Lumberjacks at work, falling felled trees.

Peeled logs descend special chute into the river.

A man knocks at the mounting pile of logs, they roll down.

Rafters descend the long staircase of poles with hooks in their hands, break up congestion of logs, send logs down the river, churning rafts.

In the evening rafters rest at a bonfire eating.

On the morning of rafters sent to the river.

Rafters establishes a long paddle.

Rafts are carried downstream, bend around corners, sills.

Alpine scenery along the river.

After floating timber loggers return home to the village.

They go against the background of a waterfall.

PNRM. Mountains and forests

Key words

Germany, mountains, river, forest, forest industry, waterfall

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