Last Log Drive Down the Kennebec

Contributing Institution

Northeast Historic Film

View at Contributing Institution

https://oldfilm.org/collection/Detail/occurrences/24208

Digitization Status

Not Digitized / Non numérisé(e)

Identifier/Call Number

0952.0326

Collection/Part of

MPBN Collection

Title

en Last Log Drive Down the Kennebec

Description

en NHF tape #326. // Produced by Maine PBS, Joan Young sets the stage for the last log drive down the Kennebec River in Maine. Scott Paper Company's 1976 drive from Moosehead Lake to their Winslow mill is featured. Includes interviews with mill officials, woods workers, river drivers, and politicians about the impact the final drive on jobs, the environment, and highway safety. Young introduces pulpwood drive from Moosehead Lake to Lake Wyman down Kennebec. Map shows route to Winslow. Katahdin steamer at work cleaning up logs from Moosehead lake. Interview with Ronald Macomber, Scott Paper Co. drive foreman.

Author/Creator

Maine Public Broadcasting

Date(s)

1976

Genre

en moving images

Topic & Theme

Arts and Creativity/Arts et créativité

Film and Television/Cinéma et télévision

Work/Travail

Forestry and Logging/Foresterie et exploitation forestière

Geography

Maine

Moosehead Lake ME

Lake Wyman ME

Kennebec River

Winslow ME

Source Language

English

Library of Congress Subject Heading (LCSH)

Logging

Rivers

Répertoire de Vedettes-Matière (RVM)

Forêts--Exploitation

Cours d'eau

Copyright Statement and Conditions governing use

This item may be available for reuse. Please contact Northeast Historic Film for more information

Conditions Governing Access

The Collection is open for research.

Existence and Location of Originals

Northeast Historic Film, PO Box 900, 85 Main Street, Bucksport, Maine 04416

Biography, Administrative History and Provenance

en Maine Public Broadcasting Network (MPBN) was founded by the University of Maine System. In 1992 MPBN merged with station WCBB to form the Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation (MPBC)./n
Collection contains over 100 factual programs broadcast by MPBN on subjects including health and medicine, economics, natural resources, government, crime, education, history and women's issues. Multipart series include "In and Out of Maine" about the state's residents, "Maine Field Trips" focusing on notable sites and industries, and "Reflets et Lumiere" about French American life and culture. "Woods and Waters" features hunting and fishing. "Working Women of Waldo County" is a series about women's lives. "Can I Get There From Here?" concerns Maine youth. Single programs include "Home to the Sea" about Maine seafaring life from colonial days to the present, and "The Last Log Drive Down the Kennebec" about log driving. Arts programs include "A Fresh Breeze Downeast with Performers Gordon Bok and Marshall Dodge," "Maine Stream Jazz" and "Summer Theatre in Maine." See also MPBC Collection and Maine Humanities Council Collection.

Extent

29:15 min.; Sound; Color

Recommended Citation

[Item description]. MPBN Collection, Northeast Historic Film.

State/Province

Maine

Country

United States