This film about the industries that draw their wealth from the raw material supplied by Canada’s forests shows how this wealth is being preserved by a long-term conservation program. Filmed in the rain forests of the British Columbia coast, it shows how giant conifers are felled, transported by water routes to sawmills, and cut into lumber or reduced to Canada’s greatest single export, newsprint. Realization of the need for conservation has led to an extensive program of aerial stocktaking and a system of planned cutting and reforestation.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
313341
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Aerial photography
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Clear-cutting - British Columbia
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Conservation of natural resources
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Forest conservation
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Rain forest conservation
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Reforestation
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Timber - Canada
Crafts & Visual Arts → Aerial photography
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)