[Great Northern Paper Company films] Reel 1

1204.0001
Millinocket, Penobscot River, Maine
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late 1920s - late 1930s
Amateur footage of Great Northern Paper operations. // Opening title cards: 'All This for a Sheet of Paper.' 'Millinocket Mill. Fire Protection. Wood Pile. F.C. Bowler. 'Railroad Station ca. 1926.' Large woodpile sprayed with water from tower. Many quick, jerky shots of spraying. Man stands in front of pile. Wood/logs on ladder/elevator being conveyed to top of pile. Canadian Pacific freight train at Millinocket railroad station. Title: 'Mattaceunk Construction 1937-1939.' Large crane in snowy field. Steam shovel excavating. Distant shot of steam shovel loading lumber on truck. Tractor drags logs. Bridge/dam being constructed on Penobscot River with stacks of lumber. Log hauling. Workers on construction site. Man with pickaxe. River rapids beside construction site. Color footage: construction site with crane, large steam shovel. Dam on river. Closeup of water running through dam. Title: 'Continued Next Reel.'

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