Logging in Maine (1906)

1906 · Silent film · 4 min · dir. Billy Bitzer

• Documentary

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Synopsis

The subject is the movement of cut timber from the forest to the mill. The few scenes that make up the film are loggers performing the various operations necessary to prevent logs from jamming together. The men keep them headed with the flow of the water toward the lake on which the mill is located. The activities of approximately a dozen men were photographed.

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Details

Director

Billy Bitzer

Studio

American Mutoscope & Biograph

Released

1906-06-18

Running time

4 minutes

Cast & crew

• Billy Bitzer Director

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