Last of the Log Drives (1981, sound)

Description: Film about the last great log drive on the Clearwater River in Idaho in 1971.

Titles in film:
"Log drive scenes used in this film were photographed along the North Fork of Idaho's Clearwater River in 1966 and 1969."
"The voices are those of Charles 'Red' McCollister, Log Drive Foreman, and Clayton McManus, Assistant Log Drive Foreman."

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Subjects: 1960s, Extractive industries, Labor

Tags: felling trees; forests; logging; log decks; timber; log driving; workers; drive crews; shore crews; boats; peaveys; life vests; army surplus pontoons; white water rafts; bulldozers; wanigans; sawmills; white water river drives; narration; rivers; river drives; loggers; timber; illustrations; kitchen; 16 men to a room; bunk beds; truck transport

Film Sponsor: Boise Cascade (according to note from donor; unconfirmed), and possibly Potlatch Corporation

Creator: Potlatch Corporation, Pictures and Words, William Smock

Credits: Produced by Potlatch; also prod. Pictures & Words;
note from donor identifies producer as William Smock of Berkeley

Historical pictures courtesy of:
Bancroft Library
Bettmann Archive
Culver Pictures
Film Originals
Minnesota Historical Society
Potlatch Corp., Lewiston, Idaho
Whatcom Museum Collection, Bellingham, Washington

Distributor:

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Prelinger Archives

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date:

Release Date: 1981

Geographical Location: USA; Idaho; Clearwater River; Pacific Northwest; Lewiston, Idaho

Genre/Form: educational

Language: eng

Rights: "(c) 1981 Potlatch Corporation"

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: print

Color: color

Color Process:

Sound or Silent: sound

Film Soundtrack Type: variable area

Edge Code:

Frame Rate: 24 fps

Length (feet): 738