Britain's Best Axe Men (1931)

Full title reads: “Welshpool. Britain's best 'axemen' compete for championship in ancient craft of tree-falling - one of the few tests of skill where workmanship, not speed - counts!“ Welshpool, Wales. Men at work in forest. They are working in teams to two to fell trees (the trees are numbered). They are using large axes to chop through the tree trunks. Some of the lumberjacks then start using a large two man saw. Shots of trees falling. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All f