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1940 UK: Three-hundred Newfoundland lumberjacks arrive to Increase Britain's timber production
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1:18Now PlayingDate: 1st January 1940
Location: INVERNESS, SCOTLAND LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
Inverness, Scotland
Gen. view loggers building log-huts in forest
Long view logger down tree
Semi view felling tree with axe
Semi view sawing at tree near roots
Long view pulling tree down
Long view thru' trees showing huts under construction
Pan of men building huts
Long view men working on roof of hut
Semi view men working on intr. of log hut
Semi view men working on roof of hut
Long view men drying moss for joints
Semi view & CU of man ramming moss between logs
Semi view sharpening axe on stone
CU man sharpening saw
CU pan of logger-types
Semi view of men eating around fire
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