Film Record: From Stump to Ship

From Stump to Ship, Fogler Library Collection, Northeast Historic Film. Lowell Vose holds his new caulk boots, essential for running on logs.

Identifier:

• 1200.0001 (Source: oldfilm.org)

Date produced: 1930

Filmmaker(s):

Alfred Ames

Howard Kane

Length:

1000 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

National Film Registry, Library of Congress, 2002
Northeast Historic Film list of titled amateur works

Description:

"Depicts the year-round activities of the Machias Lumber Company on the Machias River in Washington County, Maine. Includes scenes of winter logging in the forest with hand tools and horses, as well as the spring log drive, with loggers using peaveys to break up log jams on icy rivers as the logs are moved from the forest to the mill. Includes footage of lumber loaded onto schooners in Machias for transport to New York and schooner being towed to sea by sardine boat." oldfilm.org

Resources:

Part of the Fogler Library Collection held by Northeast Historic Film

Locations:

• Machias River watershed, Maine (Filming)

Subjects:

• Nature
•      Water
•           Bodies of Water
•           Rivers
• Work
•      Boats and Boating
•      Forests and forestry
•      Camping

Genre:

• Industrial

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Repository:

Fogler Library Collection, Northeast Historic Film

Viewing Notes:

"Lumber company president Alfred Ames and loggers pose in logging camp. Horses twitching logs through woods. Narration is provided by Maine humorist Tim Sample, reading the original 1930 script written by Ames. // Note: Ames sold his land to the Seaboard Paper Company which became St. Regis and then Champion International Corporation." oldfilm.org

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