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From Stump to Ship (1930)

From Stump to Ship poster
Directed by
Alfred K. Ames
Genre
documentary film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
30 min
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A silent documentary follows the process of cutting down trees and moving logs in Maine. It shows how lumber gets from the forest to a shipyard.

informationalstraightforwarddatedobservationalworkmanlikemethodicalunpolished

What happens

From Stump to Ship is an amateur industrial film by Alfred K. Ames, former State Senator and owner of the Machias Lumber Company, in Machias, Maine as well as by Dr. Howard Kane of Washington, DC. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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