Wood Chopping Contest

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2499

Date Released

24 Apr 1977

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Wood Chopping Contest. DESCRIPTION: The big attraction at the Sydney Royal Easter Show is the annual Wood Chopping Contest. With axes that are razor sharp, the men battle against time to be first to chop through a log. SHOTLIST: GV sign ‘Woodchopping Contest’ pan to stadium. MS man chopping log. Man selecting log. Man sharpening log and shaving arm to show sharpness. MS man standing on log chopping. Various of other contestants. Log being cut in two. Shots men cutting vertical logs. Various of contest. MC small boy cutting log. Crowd applauding. Shots men climbing up tall logs and cutting tops off. Shot of the winner and runner-up.

Keywords

Competitions; Industry and manufacture

Locations

Sydney; Australia

Footage sources

Australia

Card file number

77/70

Credits:

Commentator: Leonard Martin

Length of story (in feet)

186

Story extras:

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