movies_creation
American Movie Archives (美國電影檔案)
- Title
- Redwood Saga
- Year
- 1940
- Abstract
- Cutting, loading, transportation, mill sawing and finishing operations of the Northern California's redwood lumber industry.
- Notes
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Produced: Haselton (Guy D.)
Sponsor: N/A
Run Time: 10:27
Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W - Keyword
- Forest industry
- Theme
- Bruce Breckenridge
- Review
-
Growing up just south of Fresno, California, we spent 10 days every summer in General Grant National Park, camping minutes away from a grove of these magnificent trees. Looking up, the first limb is bigger than many of the Douglas Fir trees we harvest where I live now in the Pacific Northwest. As an adult in my 40's, I still love to go back and soak in as much of their unusual beauty as I can - finally, I planted one in my back yard 3 years ago!
The film hit me like the stab of a knife. I didn't think it'd bother me to see video of these trees coming down, but it choked me up pretty good. The narrator talks about thousands of acres left for us to enjoy, but you know what? - it just isn't enough. I think I need to plant another one...
(Reviewer: Bruce Breckenridge) - Location
- A/V room, 2/F