Timber For Houses (1950-1959)

Location unspecified. British Instructional Films presents Timber for Houses. Men standing on a frame working on roof, not yet tiled. Large log lifted by mechanical device over rows of piled up logs. Mechanical saw cuts through log. Log sliced by mechanical device. Title reads ’The Timber is Stacked for Seasoning’. Pan across yard stacked with timber. Title reads ’Machining’. Men at work with timber using machines to alter the size and shape of the timber. Woman operating wood cutting machine. Planks of wood fitted together. Man using machine to cut into wood ridges. Title reads ’Assembling’. Man uses hammer to bang pieces of wood together. Man sands wood. Men working on window frame, flight of stairs, cabinet. Flight of stairs dropped to floor below by rope. Title reads ’A BIF production’. Mute Neg 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.