Video Parts (2)
This clip is Part 1 of a 2-part film.
Lumbering / Scrapping a Ship Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Tractor on screw-like pontoons mounted between front and rear axles hauling sled loaded with logs gets stuck in snow - snow covered field, train passing in background, log loaded railroad flatcars in foreground - tractor with sled runners on front axle hauling sled load of logs - workers using tractor-powered block and tackle to load logs onto flatcar - close-up of tractor with winch mounted on front - tractor-powered saw, worker sawing logs. [1925] b. Workers aboard ship, crane hoisting pieces of metal, carrying them over side and placing them in railroad car - close-up of wrecking hook attached to chain - hook cutting metal - ship’s boiler being placed on flatcar by huge crane, workers maneuvering it into position, securing it to flatcar - workers and supervisors on deck - crane removing section of deck - tug tied up at dock - view of ship being scrapped and crane - tugboat towing partially dismantled ship. [1926]
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