The Timber Getters (movie)

The Timber Getters (movie)

  • Production country: Australia
  • Producer: Bern Gandy
  • Production companies: Australian Department of Information
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release date: 2/3/1952
  • Run time: 11 min.

Movie description

In post-war Australia, the milling of our nation's prized hardwood timbers was a rapidly growing industry. Mechanisation introduced economies in the handling, but the skill and stamina of the axe-men were still indispensable in timber-getting. This short film looks at the work of the men living in bush sawmill camps.