Wood: This educational film explores the origin and uses of wood, along with the responsibilities of preservation and reforestation. Originally shot on film. Segments filmed on location at Georgia-Pacific (GP): Bellingham WA, Buse Timber & Sales: Everett WA, American Furniture Galleries: Montgomery AL, Tillicum Village: Seattle WA, Camp 6 Logging Museum Defiance Point: Tacoma WA, Missouri Town 1855: Jackson County MO.
CU blade of chainsaw cutting though tree. MS tree falling in woods, old white man with chainsaw in FG. Low angle MS white male construction worker hammering nail into wooden frame of house. GV tree falling in woods. MS wood burning in Olympic brand wood stove. Panning MS several felled trees being pulled by pulley. CU jigsaw, wood shape being cut. MS young South Asian male playing & tuning acoustic guitar while seated on fire hearth. GV crane moving felled trees. CU knife carving wood. MS bearded man outside working on wood carving, painted Pacific Northwest (Yakima?) Indian sculpture in BG. Low angle MS wood-carved fish on pole done in Pacific NW Native American style. MS lumber truck moving toward camera. WS lumber truck moving along road. TLS trucks hauling raw lumber along winding wooded roads, moving away from camera. MS wood house in forest. GV tall pile of raw lumber in yard. TLS telephone pole in countryside. WS wood bridge. MCU industrial saw cutting wood into planks. MS young white man sanding chair. MS claw moving 2x4 in lumber yard.
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Panning LS forested mountains. Excellent historical reenactment of caveman -- wearing leopard print outfit & natty hair-- discovering fire; he burns his fingers on a torch in an otherwise dark cave (too funny). MCU torch flame inside cave. GV old pioneer cabin with two chimneys. MS pile of cut wood on traveling steam engine train through woods. CU boiler engine fire. MS pile of cut wood traveling on steam engine train through woods. MS rustic wood shack w/stone chimney. GV modern home with cedar siding & slanted roof. GV newly built home w/ brick facade. MS wooden frame of house.
DO NOT USE: Archival illustrations of Native Americans making canoe, 19th cent pioneers in covered wagons, wealthy English in stagecoach, feudal Japanese in boat, steamboat (paddlewheel) on Mississippi, steam engine train, clipper ship on ocean.
MS older white man wearing flannel & blue jeans chopping wood with ax in backyard. CU ax head (wooden handle) in stump. Hand-crafted chair & furniture making: MS/CUs older white woman wood carving in studio. MS man gluing & hammering parts of chair back. MSs white women sanding (powersander or sandpaper) wood furniture. MCU/MS African American women upholstering chairs, moving finished products in warehouse. Industry, production, skilled labor.
Slow motion MS white boy wearing Kansas City Royals jersey & blue jeans choking baseball bat, hitting badly pitched softball in park. TLS hit, another white boy running to catch it. MS two elderly Caucasian women rocking in wood swing in backyard (twilight years). MSs slightly chubby white boy skim-boarding into surf as ocean tide rolls in. Over the shoulder MSs of curly-haired white woman playing baby grand piano. CUs wooden soundboard, strings of piano. MS/MCU youngish Caucasian woman wearing glasses playing dulcimer in living room. MS young male Southeastern Asian teen wearing black leather jacket cleaning acoustic guitar with rag. MCU/CU bearded white man carving wood (artist). CU/MS painted Pacific Northwest Indian style carvings. CUs carved wood figurines. MS dark wood artwork. Tilting MS/CUs Pacific Northwest totem pole.
Tilt up tall tree in forest. Low angle pan of tree tops. Tilt down of moss covered trees. Panning TLS swamp. LSs mountain slopes covered in trees. MSs young deer (doe) in woods. Panning CU gray & white bird hopping from limb to limb of tree. MS two young deer in woods. Panning LS rainbow. Low angle MS looking up at underside of green leaves hanging from tree branch. CU pine tree needles. CU arborvitae needles. Several CU/MCU autumn (fall) colors on leaves. MS/CUs evergreen trees covered in snow. Tilting MS tall tree void of limbs.
DO NOT USE: Archival stills of loggers, logging, large felled trees, trains.
Panning TLS field of tree stumps (depletion of trees due to over logging, deforestation). MSs young evergreen trees growing. MS forester checking needled branches of evergreen tree. MS/CUs forester drilling/boring into tree, inserting rod & drawing out thin ribbon wood sample (inspecting grow health of tree).
MS/CUs male logger (lumberjack) cutting into tree with chainsaw. Panning MS tilt as cut tree falls in forest (tree felling). TLS/MS man working in greenhouse, he picks up sapling plug intended for reforestation. MS/CUs handling and planting new seedling plugs in forest (reforestation program). MS young evergreen growing.
MS/TLSs raging forest fire (massive fire, burning trees). Panning TLSs smoldering charred aftermath of forest fire, extensive damage seen, including remains of two dead deer, apparently asphyxiated. MS sign in recreational area featuring Smokey the Bear with famous slogan, "Remember, only you can prevent forest fires."
DO NOT USE: animated PSA for forest fire prevention, featuring SMOKEY BEAR (Smokey the Bear) and the famous tag, "Only you can prevent forest fires."
CU/GV logging operation in mountains of the Pacific Northwest, a bulldozer / heavy equipment w/claw attachment moves & stacks lumber. GV/MS logs being pulled down hill via wire & pulley cable system. TLS antique steam engine locomotive (train) passing old rail-side lumber buildings, "St. Regis Paper Company" on side on engine car. POV from top of steam engine train as it travels through forest. GV steam engine train moving through forest, headed toward camera. Elevated LS modern freight train hauling lumber through countryside. MS rail-side as dizzying freight train passes, hauling massive amounts of logs. Slightly elevated MS as train passes under camera, showing flatbed rail cars stacked with raw lumber. TLS train passing camera, flat cars filled w/logs.
LS logging truck on dark misty road, canopy of sun-squelched trees, heading toward camera. MS logging truck hauling lumber past cam. LS two logging trucks driving around mountain bend. GV pile of raw lumber piled high, truck hauling more logs in FG. MS heavy equipment tractor moving raw lumber logs to conveyor in mill yard. MS lumber on conveyor belt headed into sawmill. MS log in debarking machine, being ran through blade. MS scrap tree bark moving on jumpy conveyor belt. MCU bark burning as fuel in factory / plant.
MS inside lumber mill as large bark-less log is rolled onto saw table. MSs automated industrial saw cutting, sawing, cleaning, shaping log into building material. Panning TLS men in lumber yard at saw mill. MS in yard as claw moves cut lumber. MS white man hammering nails into house frame at construction site. MS burly mustachioed man working at industrial paper plant. MS old man using jigsaw to cut design out of block of wood. MS forklift moving stack of plywood in lumber yard. GV/MS forklift loading plywood onto semi-truck, man in FG secures the load with straps. GV lumber yard as semi-truck hauling two flatbed trailers of plywood sheets drives off lot. GV mountain logging operation as timber is pulled down the slope.
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