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[LUMBERING] Part 2

Description

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Forest, tractor-drawn sleds loaded with logs moving along snowy trail - tractor with screw-like pontoons hauling sled loaded with logs, encountering difficulty getting around corner in road, getting stuck, stirring up snow to no avail - flatcars, stacks of logs, worker on tractor with winch mounted on front, tractor with sleds on front hauling log loaded sled - workers using block and tackle to load logs onto flatcars - close-up of tractor with winch and operator - saw mounted on tractor, worker cutting logs into sections - car with runners mounted on front axle on snowy road - sign on lumber camp building, ‘Ford Motor Co., Camp 1’ - caterpillars snaking logs to sled, workers using block and tackle loading logs onto sled - caterpillars hauling loaded sleds on snowy road and to flatcars - workers using block and tackle to load logs onto flatcars - close-up of tractor-powered winch operating block and tackle - views of ‘Ford Motor Co., Camp 2’ - car with train wheels on snowy track in front of buildings - view of building - woods, two men sawing tree, tree falling - close-up of chain hitch to log and caterpillar, caterpillar snaking log to sled, workers, block and tackle powered by winch mounted on tractor loading logs onto sled - caterpillar-drawn sled loaded with logs on snowy forest road. [1926]

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Collection

Ford Motor Company Collection

Series

Motion Picture Films Relating to the Ford Motor Company, the Henry Ford Family, Noted Personalities, Industry, and Numerous Americana and Other Subjects

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Date
1926-01-01
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3:22