Canada - LUMBERMEN TAKE BUSMAN'S HOLIDAY - no sound.

Decade: 1950

Annual sports day finds log men displaying feats of strength .

Vancouver, Canada: TGV Logmen sawing competition in progress crowds standing a round watching. Man cutting off slice from log slice falls to ground, Two men using hand saw to cut off same log, Watch man timing them. Men cutting good through slice it falls to ground. Two men on log in water trying to get each other off by spinning the log with their feet. Man spinning log pan over to other man's legs. Nearer same two men one man flies into water and starts swimming back. Side view of people looking on, 3 men on log in river trying to knock each other off with poles. Two men are knocked off into river. Man chopping... Read more Annual sports day finds log men displaying feats of strength .

Vancouver, Canada: TGV Logmen sawing competition in progress crowds standing a round watching. Man cutting off slice from log slice falls to ground, Two men using hand saw to cut off same log, Watch man timing them. Men cutting good through slice it falls to ground. Two men on log in water trying to get each other off by spinning the log with their feet. Man spinning log pan over to other man's legs. Nearer same two men one man flies into water and starts swimming back. Side view of people looking on, 3 men on log in river trying to knock each other off with poles. Two men are knocked off into river. Man chopping tree. People looking on. Man pushing log backwards log slips but he manages to hold it. Crowds gathered the highlight of the day called the High riggers contest pan over to pole man half way up climbing to the top. after he has rung the bell he starts to come down he made the return trip in 37.2 secs.