FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE IN INDIA PART 2: GORRIE PERSONAL FILM NO. 31

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 660667).

Synopsis

Cultivation in Gorakhpur Forest, rearing forest trees along with agricultural crops. Clearing roots. Different stages of crop development. Demonstration forest - measuring bamboos, removing frost covers from nursery seedbeds, measuring trunks in a 'hoop pine plot'. Machinery and processes in a paper plant that turns bamboo into paper. Plant for producing wood veneer. Machine and metal workshops. Experimenting with Ardagh's Portable Charcoal Kiln. Entomological branch, incubating timber boring beetles in logs, mounting specimens, infection of sandal plants in isolation chambers.

 

Titles

  • GORRIE PERSONAL FILM NO. 31: FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE IN INDIA PART 2 (Alternative)
  • FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE IN INDIA PART 2: GORRIE PERSONAL FILM NO. 31 (Archive)
 

Technical Data

Year:
1931
Running Time:
11 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
16mm Film
Colour:
Black/White
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
411 ft
 

Production Credits

Photography
GORRIE, R. Maclagan