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Trees to Tribunes (1948)

1948 · Feature film · 44 min

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This color educational film is about how the Chicago Tribune gets its paper and prints its newspapers. Copyright 1948. Opening titles: The Chicago Tribune presents "Trees to Tribunes" (:15). A forest (:30). Map shows Chicago, Montreal, Quebec, Heron Bay, Ontario and other areas of Quebec (:39). Shelter Bay, Quebec (1:07). Flowing dam in Shelter Bay (2:06). Franquelin, Quebec (2:14). Baie Comeau, Quebec (2:25). Generators for the paper mill and the town itself (2:37). Aerial town footage of Baie Comeau; the town itself (2:49). In the timber lands (3:55). Supplies hoisted in the harbor (4:14). A truck carrying stacks of hay is transported via a water taxi across a river (5:00). Map shows where the timber is taken in Quebec (5:13). Heron Bay, on the shores of Lake Superior (5:25). DH.89 Dragon Rapide/Dominie goes into the air and crew uses an aerial camera or WWII reconnaissance camera to take photographs the forest below (5:32). Trees are cut down in the forests (6:21). Barges, including what appears to be a retired WWII LCI or LST, move supplies upstream followed by horses on land (6:44). Baie Comeau bus service (7:18). Jeep crosses a dirt road (7:59). Camp for the loggers (8:12). Man chops down a tree with an axe (8:25). Signs that warn against forest fires (9:27). Logs are shortened, stacked and looked over (10:00). Further up the mountain, a mechanical saw is used (10:49). Tractors are used to transport logs (11:20). Fall in Shelter Bay (11:39). Winter in Shelter Bay,…

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Running time
44 minutes
Collection
Ephemeral Films

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