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  1. Britain’s Best Axeman

    Date released
    7 Sep 1931
    Series name
    Pathe Super Sound Gazette
    Issue no
    31/72
    NoS ID
    089347
    Story no
    6 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Compete for championships in ancient craft of tree-felling - one of the few tests of skill where workmanship not speed counts.

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  2. "Cutting Down" Campaign Expands

    Date released
    7 Sep 1931
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    2135
    NoS ID
    385556
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NfO synopsis: Sturdy competitors in tree cutting contest pursue their "fell" work on Powis Castle estate, Welshpool.

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  3. Elephants Tidy Up Ceylon Jungle

    Date released
    9 Nov 1931
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    127
    NoS ID
    003305
    Story no
    6 / 8

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Elephants Tidy Up Ceylon Jungle. DESCRIPTION: Giant pachyderms clear ground in tropical forest for Crown Colony’s new arterial roads. SHOTLIST: Elephants with riders facing camera....

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  4. British Lumbermen Fell Famous Trees

    Date released
    7 Dec 1931
    Series name
    British Movietone Gazette
    Issue no
    97
    NoS ID
    000717
    Story no
    3 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: British Lumbermen Fell Famous Trees. DESCRIPTION: 65,000 stately beeches on the Duke of Richmond’s Goodwood estate are cut for timber. SHOTLIST: Men hack at the trees. Tree falls....

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  5. British Lumbermen Fell Famous Trees

    Date released
    7 Dec 1931
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    131
    NoS ID
    003352
    Story no
    4 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: British Lumbermen Fell Famous Trees. DESCRIPTION: 65,000 stately beeches on the Duke of Richmond’s Goodwood estate are cut for timber. SHOTLIST: Men hack at the trees. Tree falls....

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  6. Winding ‘Em Down

    Date released
    5 May 1932
    Series name
    Pathe Sound Pictorial
    Issue no
    735
    NoS ID
    114204
    Story no
    1 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Most people chop down trees, others blow them up! Here’s a horse that winds ‘em down - the champion tree-puller of Kent!

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  7. Woodchopper Champion’s "Derby"

    Date released
    13 Jun 1932
    Series name
    Pathe Super Gazette
    Issue no
    32/47
    NoS ID
    089946
    Story no
    3 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Australia’s finest experts for the Axeman’s greatest honour - and thousands of pounds-worth of bets.

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  8. Big Stuff!

    Date released
    8 Sep 1932
    Series name
    Pathe Sound Pictorial
    Issue no
    753
    NoS ID
    114293
    Story no
    2 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Have you ever seen a real timber train? Here’s one in Washington Woods, where men are men and railways two yards wide.

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  9. Fantastic Flora

    Date released
    27 Oct 1932
    Series name
    Pathe Sound Pictorial
    Issue no
    760
    NoS ID
    114325
    Story no
    4 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Joshua trees they call them, and grotesque they look as they stretch bony arms and hands into the Californian sky.

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  10. Forest Giants Fall to Australian Axes

    Date released
    23 Jan 1933
    Series name
    British Movietone Gazette
    Issue no
    190A
    NoS ID
    001138
    Story no
    4 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Forest Giants Fall to Australians Axes. DESCRIPTION: Mighty Karri trees are cut down at Pemberton, Western Australia, and put on rail for report. SHOTLIST: Panning shot from bottom of...

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