Two silent films with descriptive intertitles produced by Ford Motor Company in 1920.
Cut And Dried -depicts the lumber camp, felling trees and using a steam donkey and locomotive to move the logs. River drivers ride logs down river and use dynamite to blast a jam. A sawmill at Astoria, Oregon shows where the logs are being cut into boards. Lumber Industry- shows logging through the seasons in Michigan using a highline and steam donkey as well as horses. Logs are hauled to a log pond at the saw mill where they are made into boards and shipped to the Northwest.
(26 minutes)
Cut And Dried -depicts the lumber camp, felling trees and using a steam donkey and locomotive to move the logs. River drivers ride logs down river and use dynamite to blast a jam. A sawmill at Astoria, Oregon shows where the logs are being cut into boards. Lumber Industry- shows logging through the seasons in Michigan using a highline and steam donkey as well as horses. Logs are hauled to a log pond at the saw mill where they are made into boards and shipped to the Northwest.
(26 minutes)