Canadian Soldiers Do Lumber Work (1917)

Canadian soldiers do lumber work. Location of events unknown. Military; Labour; Canadian soldiers act as lumberjacks. This seems to be a sort of contest; with spectators in BG in some shots. Opens with shot of soldiers driving teams of work horses dragging logs. One Soldier chopping log with axe. Soldiers chopping wood. Then 2 men sawing log; with double saw; while a 3rd man holds log in place. They finish and the one guy holds up a small section of log; then drops it. Shot of same guy holding up the long 2-man saw; with jagged teeth. (another man’s arm is also in the frame; helping to hold saw up.) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932),