AXES AND ELEPHANTS

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 6611).

Synopsis

INTEREST. Lumbering in New Zealand and Burma.

Titles (27). New Zealand lumberjacks felling large tree by axe, sawing trunk into sections, which are hauled away by tractor (52). A large horse team hauls a wagon loaded with a tree trunk. A man standing on top of the trunk steers the team (99). Trunks are loaded onto railway wagons. Train pulls out (124). A trunk is rolled down a bank from a wagon (140). Burmese elephant handlers at work: elephant manoeuvring tree trunk, then hauling it (170). Burmese axemen felling a tree, the sawing (190). Elephants hauling logs through the forest, and butting them down river bank, then manoeuvring them into mid-stream (261). A large raft of logs is floated downstream (280). Handlers bathing their elephants (308). Empire Film Library Imperial Institute logo (310ft).

 

Titles

  • AXES AND ELEPHANTS
 

Technical Data

Year:
1931
Running Time:
4.3 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
35mm Film
Colour:
Black/White
Sound:
Silent
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
Great Britain
Production Company
Empire Marketing Board Film Unit
 

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