Cypress Logging in Louisiana circa 1925 (Part 1 of 2)

Archival footage of the cypress logging industry in south Louisiana from the 1920’s. Shows the remarkable techniques and skill of loggers felling trees from pirogues (canoe-like boats) and transporting the logs across canals and bayous to the mill.
Submitted by www.KrantzRecoveredWoods.com

opening credits & A story of the Cypress industry. 0:00
Enroute to a Float Camp. 0:25
A swamper moves swiftly downstream… 0:48
The yacht Bab is used… 1:00
Falling trees from a pirogue… 1:25
Note how cleverly they get… 2:17
The tree is topped… 3:04
The log is now pulled… 3:44
Booming the top, the last… 4:15
Dredging a canal for the pull boats… 4:40
Going up a canal… 5:30
Arriving at the camp, Manager Joy… 6:38
Cutting down trees ahead of the pull boats… 7:11
Canal behind the pull boat… 8:19
A logging machine pulls the logs… 8:49
Pulling the logs, “making a trip”… 9:13
Loading logs on train cars… 11:14
At the skidder… 11:34
An interesting and exacting operation… 12:29
A tow made up and waiting… 13:27

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