Timber Topics

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1877A

Date Released

27 May 1965

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Ever Readies Make Ready
2. 2Desert Tragedy
3. 3German Journey
4. 4Timber Topics
5. 5Champion Takes His Cue
6. 6News in Colour: Chelsea Flower Show - Eastman Colour

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Timber Topics. DESCRIPTION: An experimental machine, developed by the Forest Products Research Laboratory uses an electro-mechanical device to measure the volume of timber planks. SHOTLIST: MS man measuring plank of wood. MS wood being fed into a measure machine. CU measure meter on machine. CU wood being fed into a measure machine. CU measure meter on machine. MS wood being fed into a measure machine. Measure meter. MCU a piece of wood that has Death Watch beetle. CU ditto. CU ditto. MS man feeding length of wood into a glue spreader machine. CU wood passing through glue spreader. MS man taking wood from glue spreader and placing it on pressure bonding machine. CU pressure bonding machine. CU ditto. CU blocks of wood on moving belt. CU bonding machine. MCU wood coming out of bonding machine. MS ditto. MS 200 ft length of timber from the bonder. MS pressure testing machine. CU pressure meters. MS joint collapses.

Keywords

Industry and manufacture; Forestry

Locations

Princes Risborough; Buckinghamshire

Card file number

89736

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

John Mould

Length of story (in feet)

138

Story extras:

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