Stresses the economic importance of timber. Surveys the limited areas of indigenous forests to be found in South Africa which are of any commercial value; portrays various forest activities including re-afforestation; nursery plantation, transplantation; removal of unwanted growths; thinning; protection against fire; felling; mill sawing.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
311964
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industries - South Africa
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Logging
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Tree felling
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Forest fires - Prevention and control
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Forests and forestry
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Logging
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Reforestation
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Tree felling
Documentary → Documentary films - South Africa
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Timber - Economic aspects
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)