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