Logging in 1950s Georgia | Men of the Forest | Documentary Drama | 1952

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This vintage movie - originally titled as "Men of the Forest" - is a dramatized documentary film on the daily lives of loggers in 1950s Georgia. It tells the story of an African-American family that works hard to save money for a power saw. It also explains timber harvest techniques and process. The film was created in 1952 by the United States Information Service (USIS) and intended for foreign audiences.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND / CONTEXT
Logging is the cutting, skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or logs onto trucks or skeleton cars.
In forestry, the term logging is sometimes used in a narrow sense concerning the logistics of moving wood from the stump to somewhere outside the forest, usually a sawmill or a lumber yard. However, in common usage, the term may be used to indicate a range of forestry or silviculture activities.
Clearcut logging is not necessarily considered a type of logging but a harvesting or silviculture method, and is simply called clearcutting or block cutting. In the forest products industry logging companies may be referred to as logging contractors, with the smaller, non-union crews referred to as "gyppo loggers."
Cutting trees with the highest value and leaving those with lower value, often diseased or malformed trees, is referred to as high grading. It is sometimes called selective logging, and confused with selection cutting, the practice of managing stands by harvesting a proportion of trees.
History of logging in the United States:
Logging has been a part of American history and deeply rooted in the growth of the United States since the early 1600s. The lumber industry has been and will continue to be a staple for life and in the past was essentially a vitality for surviving such as building homes, staying warm, and making money through livelihoods such as woodworkers, builders, and more.
The way loggers cut timber has evolved throughout time as well and although methods have changed the work is still equally as difficult. In the beginning, timber was cut near the water because it was an easier way to transport it to where it needed to go in the long run.
When loggers were forced to move away from the water and inland due to lack of trees near the water they used horses and oxen to haul their cut wood through the forest. Next came log flumes, which were essentially water filled troughs that helped guide logs down the stream and were tied together like a raft.
Tools such as chainsaws and handsaws were used and eventually harvesting machines became the main way of logging trees; this machine is called a feller buncher and can quickly cut and gather trees. The logs were then transported to mills and cut into lumber and other products and then exported to a variety of places including locations as far away as China and Australia.
Over the years, logging has become incredibly controversial due to the concern of environmental sustainability and deforestation but it’s important to realize that there are as many pros as there are cons when it comes to logging. However, the United States is still the most established and leading producer of lumber and it is a global business that is extremely important to the economy around us. The timber harvested each year provides raw materials our nation needs to create the goods and services consumers all over want and need.
Logging in 1950s Georgia | Men of the Forest | Documentary Drama | 1952
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NOTE: THE VIDEO REPRESENTS HISTORY. SINCE IT WAS PRODUCED DECADES AGO, IT HAS HISTORICAL VALUES AND CAN BE CONSIDERED AS A VALUABLE HISTORICAL DOCUMENT. THE VIDEO HAS BEEN UPLOADED WITH EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. ITS TOPIC IS REPRESENTED WITHIN HISTORICAL CONTEXT. THE VIDEO DOES NOT CONTAIN SENSITIVE SCENES AT ALL!

[@stevehdd9929]

Just reminded me of my Dad. Looking up to him and wanting to be just like him. And it brought a tear to my eye when they got momma the sewing machine.

[@oohweeoohwee9222]

Same here

[@lastdays8574]

Same here and someone needs to stop cutting these onions.

[@gryphonshire]

Thank you for posting these old films. I was moved by this story of a cooperative family and their helpful neighbors. So unlike what we see too often these days. I hope they all continued to prosper and grow.

[@TheBestFilmArchives]

You are welcome, gryphonshire. Thank you for watching. :)

[@benjaminmorrispittman2665]

HART WORK AND FAITH IN THE LORD WILL PAY OFF.

[@BACON-l3t]

@@benjaminmorrispittman2665 That's what i took from this and be respectful to your neighbors.

[@michaelbentt3018]

"Thank you for posting these old films"? Dude, those old films are apart of the propoganda to sanitize the image of America in the ninety fifties. Whew....

[@anonymoustrucker1782]

@@michaelbentt3018 I swear to God you would think we were at a full blown race war in the 50's. There was segregation back then but this gives me hope it wasn't that crazy

[@inmyopinion651]

My dad was raised with a cross cut saw in his hand and timber man. I cut a few cap wedges in my day but we had chain saws by my time. This is great video showing some American heritage.

[@stevebrownrocks6376]

My great-grandfather & my great uncles all did this job in Ga during the 50’s, they lived near Macon. It was hard work. One day a woman they knew (a black woman that had 8 or 9 kids. Her name was Mrs. Penniman.) She asked my GGF if he’d let one of her sons go out in the woods to help, to fetch water, etc. & feed him lunch, cause she couldn’t afford food for her whole family.The boys name was Richard, & he’d ride on back of the log truck & sing songs. They called him “little” cause his Daddy’s name was also Richard. He used that name the rest of his life, became a big star, & the actual originator of rock n roll, Little Richard. My GGF’s name was Gordon Hall.

[@lastdays8574]

Wow!!!!!!

[@willida11]

If we look at what they're actually doing, it is pretty hard work. Can you imagine how strong you have to be to pick up a log that size, hold it steady while walking on top of other logs, the balance you need is very impressive. Very few men would dare do this job.

[@davidhayes7596]

I went through south Georgia to Jacksonville bout a month ago . Those swamps and pine Forrest are majestic.

[@deanfowles3707]

yah please don cut them down

[@gotrescuedauto3584]

THISSSSS MADE ME CRY 😢 TOO ACTUALLY SEE A BLACK FAMILY NOT BE SEEN AS POOR AND HAVE A HORRIBLE DEPICTION OF THEM AS A FAMILY. THIS MOVIE RESPRENTS HOW I WAS RAISED. WE WHERE A FAMILY FIRST, GOD FEARING, ALWAYS WORKING AND LOVING OUR MOTHER AND FATHER. RESPECTING OUR NEIGHBORS AND BEING KIND TO OTHERS. NO RACIST TEACHINGS IN OUR HOME EITHER. ALSO LETTING THE CHILD MAKE HIS DREAM CAME TRUE. THIS IS WHY I'M SELF EMPLOYED TODAY BECAUSE MY PARENTS DIDN'T SHOOT ME DOWN BUT LISTENED AND SUPPORTED ME. III LLLOOOVVVEEE THISSSSSS MOVIE MUCH. THX

[@jbos5107]

I agree with you. It all starts at home. I'm Georgia born and raised and we were never taught that we were better than anyone. My daddy was my hero and he never judged anyone by the color of their skin. We never lived in a big city so maybe that makes a difference. I don't know but the state of the world worries me and makes me sad. I know that your family is proud of you and I am proud for you as we say down south! Never stop passing those lessons down. By saving one you might save us all!

[@practicalporters]

My daughter of 9 liked it and worked much better all day because of it. Cheers from Alaska

[@timmywenndt2370]

I cried about half through that movie. A pulpwood as we call them is the hardest working job a man can do. It was very heartwarming how they worked as a family and how their neighbors come together in time of need.

[@geoffreywilliamson9010]

Good documentary: hard working salt of the earth family!

[@lastdays8574]

Your comment made me cry.

[@dennisjackson3531]

I saw this film over a year ago ,and I have thought of it often . Such a wonderful story of a great America family . Thankyou for posting it .

[@jerrypatterson5086]

I was raised just like that. My Dad always hauled pulpwood, sometimes it had to be peeled. Very hard work. We were very poor, but extremely happy. My Dad was the best Buck Patterson 🤗

[@shanechapin9411]

Same here. Grew up dirt poor but happy and loved.

[@willewells3823]

Yes I was rise like that to smile 😃

[@gwenniewennie8325]

Same here.

[@noeljames9114]

Hard work and PERCERVERANCE

[@benjaminmorrispittman2665]

We were poor but we worked very hard and made a living and we were a happy family

[@darlenehoover6577]

I enjoyed this so much. This is what families do, help each other get to goals that benefit them all.

[@60gidget]

These were the days when men was men and boys were men. Tough as they come. Thank you for posting and thank you for the memories. Mrs Hunter reminds me so much of my mum. Humble, strong, the back bone of the family. Oh i could tell you stories about my mum. I also remember the days when everything was still covered in plastics when purchased new. Look at that lamp on the table, still in plastic wrap. What memories, how we appreciate things back then. Thank you.

[@nathanielbaker2556]

Thank you for these good old memories of good old days.👍👍👍👍👍🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@glennv6804]

I was once that young man pulp wooding with my dad after school and on weekends. Kids now don't know how good they have it. They don't know what real work is

[@CDP76]

And after watching this, I would like a term paper about “family values” written by you viewers. Due on my desk by tomorrow…….

[@beverlyjuniel7386]

This family encourage me too work on my land and raised a good garden and fruit 🍑 trees

[@gwenniewennie8325]

My dad did logging in Alabama during the 80s. He taught me how to load a truck, and use a chain saw. I was a young girl. He was a hard working man and worked until he got old. R.I.P daddy.

[@Jim.Thunda]

Thanks for the memories, l grew up in the Australian bush where we made a living cutting railway sleeper's from river Red Gum's with swing saws, much the same in this movie but bigger and heavier with car engins driving them. Many men were injured using them and some were killed, the cut sleeper's were loaded on the truck by hand this was an International KB 5 ex 2nd WW lend lease. and the sleeper's were delivered for cash. Petrol was one shilling and sixpence a gallon then and a packet of smokes was the same price. All this was in 1950's The old truck is still in the yard behind the shed, the swing saw is in the back corner of the shed where the old man left it with an old ragged tarp covering it, the tyres are flat and cracked. He bought two new chainsaws before he died, and we carried on for a while and it was no longer profitable to cut sleeper's so we went professional fishing and done well until the government stopped that because the recreational fishermen said we took too many fish. I joined the army, my brother worked for Good Year Tyers, after l was discharged l went into mining for a long time and now retired l have a pine plantation and cut pine posts for treatment and some lumber, l seem to have come full cycle. Still living on my own in the bush and happy as l can ever be. Thanks again for up loading this video.

[@practicalporters]

My daughter of 9 liked it and worked much better all day because of it. Cheers from Alaska

[@thomascaldwell463]

All people need to watch this. Learn how spoiled we've become.

[@michaeltabanao8092]

Alexa, cut tree down 😊

[@practicalporters]

Just finished this with my 9 yr old. She loved it and worked splitting better after watching. 🤠 We just today discovered that spitting Birch wood at -7F is the best, as it pops apart being frozen. We cut wood as a family for 13 years in Fairbanks Alaska to heat our home as the primary source of heat. It was good but not as sweet and caring as the Hunter family. 8 to 10 cords from the woods to the house, cut, spit, stack and then dried was alot of work. But dry wood takes time to dry. Wet wood starts house fires. Wood heat beats the $2-3000 dollars in yearly winter heat bills most paid to heat with diesel. We doted over our chainsaws, chains, trailers and trk to make it all go smoothly and we got better each year. Now after years of savings we have a tractor and large lot to laydown logs and we lift and handle wood less by hand and more by machine. Cheers

[@cratlifff]

back when... gifting a sewing machine too a woman wasn't considered sexist

[@coolostean918]

love it really move by this !! being raised by grandmother & old school , can't help but enjoy every moment

[@microfarmers]

Great video! It's a far cry from 2022 media depictions of Georgia in the 40s. There has always been good and bad, both in past, and present. I believe we should focus on the good, as that is how we continue moving forward in a positive way. Mama's sewing machine made me cry!

[@craiga.ballard8032]

Very similar to my family's history.!!! My family did cement construction & my mother got her sowing machine She made some beautiful things aound our home & my father & my 11 siblings got a lot more out of life & time with the help of the air compressor ,Dump truck trailer & Bobcat machine the hard & team work it was very similar to this story ( i love this ) Unity / peace / prosperity / & Love to all families that work together for a good common cause... 🙏🇺🇸✊

[@ericlakota1847]

So awsome friend great to hear that I grew up on farm and I noticed I never have hard time keeping job employers love me it's the way we where tought to work

[@russellloomis4376]

That's what I did for 20 years. Concrete is extremely hard work, but because of it, my wife was able to stay home and raise both our boys. Both turn out fine young men. I'll agree that it starts in the home.

[@prettyastounding7924]

This is very different than life today, but does seem to emphasize a thinking young guy who appears to be trying to be ready for the future.

[@龙源探索]

I haven't seen such a wonderful documentary in a very long time. This is the face and life of true Americans. Thank you...

[@tedsunclair1985]

This film reminded me of the sixties when I was a kid. I remember seeing my parents and neighbors always socializing at our home, talking, listening to music, talking about how their day went Ect.There was universal love in the black community, we as children played and stayed in a child’s place,. Seeing this film had me reflecting on times of old, we wasn’t rich or wealthy, but we had all the essentials that bonded a black community. This film bought tears to my eyes

[@ernestlmorellsr]

A really good no nonsense document, hard work ain't never killed anybody.

[@bradleythebuilder8743]

Maybe, in the most technical sense, you’re correct. I’ll grant you that. But of course many men, and indeed women, have been killed while _engaging_ in hard work, in their thousands of thousands. Of course many of the poor souls who give up the ghost at work do so through no fault of their own. Be that from a coworkers malfeasance or an equipment failure that they couldn’t have prevented with routine maintenance.

[@robinengland5799]

Wonderful film! These folks sure knew hard work! Amazing.

[@garyprice8490]

This was excellent!!! The pulpwood cutters were very respected in my are growing up. There was no other job near as tough as this and the men who did this for a living were hard core tougher than nails!

[@ClintsHobbiesDIY]

I enjoyed that a lot. Thank you. I am just old enough to remember Loggers that didn't have enough money for a tractor, that still used horses to drag. I have a high amount of respect for loggers, because I know how hard the work is.

[@marc13bautista]

This is a beautiful documentary.

[@kluafoz]

I really loved this documentary!! The narrator's voice is awesome but the story of an American family that's told is the best part!!

[@rudybrooks3722]

That power saw looked dangerous as hell.

[@AA-69]

Sure as hell wouldn't give it to a black !!!.. Can you imagine them with that after a night on the weed ?!?!.. Shit... No wonder half of them had an arm or leg missing 😖

[@rudybrooks3722]

@@AA-69 That saw is dangerous for anybody.

[@charlesmoore8441]

We were in the woods before the sun 🌞came up, yeah I remember this life, thank you lord.

[@josephsaia5527]

Oh my aching back using that two man saw

[@jussayin3480]

THIS MOVIE MADE ME CRY, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT HOW IT REALLY WAS , IF LIFE COULD REALLY BE THAT SIMPLE

[@maryzambrana7141]

I agree with you!

[@100texan2]

Most people today would die if they had to work like this.

[@AA-69]

The reality is They Wouldn't !.. You just need to be homeless n hungry. I was 17yr in the woods. The first weeks nearly killed me !. I was so tired that i fell asleep before i could make my supper in my small caravan, then I'd wake up in the middle of the night starving and cook dinner. Then after sleeping till dawn, it was same again. Within a few years a was buying a new Husqvarna saw every 9 months /a year... Making £100 CASH per day in the 80s...bought tractors and a skyline winch... Happy hardworking days. I've always said that hardwork is the cure for 95% of the worlds problems... You don't have time to be depressed or decide you want to be a woman when your grafting !

[@kay5655]

I thought about that too

[@noahholland9813]

This movie warms my heart. Perfect way to live. God bless us all.

[@hilldwler420]

This is how family is supposed to be!

[@williampoff913]

I was raised in the upper south, in the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, THE REAL VIRGINIA, around folk just like these. Some were Black , some were white. All were friends that helped each other. Color of each others skin wasn't a issue. Till city folks and the government made it one. Anyway, I love country, hard working, southern folk!! How i wish people today could have half of their character. I pray God blessed every person in this film back then. God bless the working folk of the South and all over America!!

[@caseyhowell7341]

Amen brotha North GA. Pickens county born and raised outdoorsman since knee high to a 🦗 lol nice to meet you and all who commented and felt the warmest righteous feelings definitely a God send!

[@jpbanks2383]

This documentary reminds me when I was in the country as a boy with my family. After a hard weeks work chopping cotton or picking cotton and doing my chores, I thoroughly enjoyed eating breakfast with the Family on the weekend. If my daddy ate a dozen eggs Mom would give me six, Just one of the fun things I remember. My Dad with the help of the Lord took care of the Family. For that I will always and forever be grateful. My Mom and Dad was the greatest.

[@practicalporters]

My daughter of 9 liked it and worked much better all day because of it. Cheers from Alaska

[@crawwwfishh3284]

AMEN

[@stevecrowder7763]

Everyone should have to work like this at least once in there life

[@PapawMule]

Bought my 1st pulpwood truck 1965.. loaded by hand first year.. it was hard work..!

[@MrWaterbugdesign]

Shows how credit could make a huge difference.

[@benridge6570]

Hard honest work never hurt anyone. Today they finding it hard to pople are willing to work. We're in BIG TROUBLE. HISTORY SHOWS US THE WAY.

[@daveneil3963]

When I was growing up in late 40's early 50's my Mom used to make my shirts on a Singer trundle sewing machine similar to that, I remember doing the trundle by hand once in a while to help her out. We had a two bedroom house with one bathroom. I remember when we bought a new house that had sheetrock we wondered what kind of cheap stuff was this, our hold house had lath and plaster. My, my have things changed, the whole world has changed, I'm not sure if it was for the better or not? I can remember my sister and I used to listen to the "Shadow" on the radio. Life was a lot simpler back then! Thanks for the video, there were a lot of good values in there.

[@semajwelton6159]

Nice family...a dad,mom and kids this model makes for better citizens which makes great nations..did you know the black family actually did much much better back then,in the 50s...I think it was like 70 % of black families had a married mom and dad in the house. Compared to like 20% now, whites have dropped dramatically too as well..as far as the divorce rate...you can thank the "great society" that LBJ pushed which gave incentives for women having children out of wedlock..such a tragedy it's created. If the dad lost his job a married couple could not receive any temporary help if the father was in the house. If they divorced then the state would help her.

[@StumpjumperVideosPA]

Wonderful family teaching there children a work ethic ! Bless there precious souls!,!

[@houliemon1315]

Well done ! So glad ma got her sewing machine !

[@hilldwler420]

My family were sharecroppers in Selma Alabama during the Great Depression. So poor in fact someone had to tell them there was a nation wide depression..

[@bigtexas7580]

*Boy am I glad they make chainsaws now. These men really worked their asses off back then.*

[@BLACKCAT-xl4fw]

This is my like 4th time watching this dcs. just something about it warms my heart. I Pulp wooded for a couple years when I was young. Difference being, we had chainsaw, powered cable to pull the logs and a load arm to load them. It was back breaking work still. I just couldn't imagine having to hand saw & load like these hard working people did. I would love to know what county in GA this was filmed. I also live in central GA.

[@caseyhowell7341]

Me too, in north ga. Pickens county!! 1971

[@lumpycouchtv3341]

This was filmed in Effingham County Guyton ,Ga

[@genniejefferson6588]

I remember my dad having this job. He also farmed. My mom didn’t work anywhere because Shane had asthma. I loved my childhood seeing my day use the chainsaw . I’m 65 years old now and these were some of the best memories of my life. He also wore overalls also. He had 40 acres after the war, so we grew. everything. My dad had 2 mules. I loved it

[@richardanderson2742]

Having grown up in this era, my first reaction is wouldn't OSHA and the child welfare authorities be all over these folks if someone worked like this today.

[@dottiscamprunamuck2830]

I think family businesses still let children help. A little over 10yrs ago my son got the job of tearing machinery apart. Best job for a 10yr old; no pay, he got to live a boys dream life instead.

[@robertboyd3863]

@@dottiscamprunamuck2830 Yes, OSHA can't mess with family

[@Wyatt1314.]

Only on a union job lol

[@terryjanssen316]

Capitalism - Hard work, competition, investment of capital.

[@dougtheviking6503]

Love Mr Hunters truck ! Hope they prospered . kids grandkids & great grandkids doing just as well. Hope he got a chainsaw

[@carlwilliams1570]

That was a Tidewater Wheel Saw. My Dad said they used them on the pole yard to trim utility poles to length before chainsaws were used. They were also used in the woods then. South Mississippi.

[@ypaulbrown]

this was a very moving and well done film, and the transfer to videos excellent....thank you so much

[@paulbonner474]

This was a very moving film. Tell’s the story of a hard working family that set a goal 👍👍❤️❤️🤠

[@practicalporters]

My daughter of 9 liked it and worked much better all day because of it. Cheers from Alaska

[@FloridaManMatty]

Just watching those guys work gave me back spasms. The one good thing about brush fires in relatively clear land like was depicted in this film, is that they typically move very quickly and don’t damage the standing trees. The fire also adds the bonus of making the soil more fertile and clearing underbrush that makes logging in these circumstances more difficult.

[@royreynolds108]

Those fires actually helped the white pine.

[@Profeex22]

This was awesome to watch. Being someone that did that work for a long time up until recently I can appreciate their work ethic and dedication to their craft. Seeing the boy stand in front of the tree while they were felling made me nervous as all hell, that can go bad very quickly along with their exit strategy after the hinge was cut Good thing osha wasn’t a thing then lol

[@caseyhowell7341]

I saw the same and though the same thing lol I actually shared this because I still work logging trees @ 50yrs old I've been doing residential climbing pruning for 13-14 years been logging now for around 4-5 years and always loved outdoors in north ga. mtns. born and raised. Loved seeing this!!

[@Profeex22]

@@caseyhowell7341 hell yeah brother! I actually just started back commercially today with same company

[@smalliebiggs3836]

Dance with my father, "REST*IN*POWER",1986🖤🙏🏾

[@dcruz125]

What a beautiful clean life

[@MrJulianatl1]

This would be excellent for young boys to watch - that was some hard work back then. Kids today can't come close to working this hard. This was very enjoyable to watch and you have give the filmmaker a lot of credit for putting this together in the 50's.

[@practicalporters]

My daughter of 9 liked it and worked much better all day because of it. Cheers from Alaska

[@JohnDavis-yz9nq]

Cellphones and PlayStations and fat kids nowadays.

[@perrysmajestic988]

GET OUT THER AND GO FLIP BURGERS THEN.

[@caseyhowell7341]

Yes sir your spot on 100% I used to split wood after school from first grade until twelfth grade graduation and to this day split chunks like no one's bizniss the last 4 years working for a logging co. and before that 14 years in residential tree work even still have climbing gear but seeing this was my blessing tonight!!

[@theyoodoo]

This is a heartwarming and delightful movie! The spirit of neighborliness and care shown by all in this movie was truly exemplary.

[@deanfowles3707]

we overpopulated and made too much technology and now the planet is heII

[@Buffalobill-tc2yw]

It’s actually surprising this wasn’t forgotten

[@ralphthompson6791]

I love the old ways , and yes hard work pays off

[@michaelgodbee122]

Only problem using equipment to do a job like logging it saves time but your overhead is alot higher

[@misterz2719]

And when they broke down it wasn't fun, hand saws if kept sharp are very efficient.

[@imochiexe5056]

Great family dynamic. Thank God for the people who work hard, make necessary sacrifices for shared goals, respect whatever contribution/s each family member makes and never begrudge a prospect of more effort to succeed than ever before. God bless them every one.

[@hetouchestheclouds7236]

Man I wanted to go help them with my Stihl 391 when that second Hodges truck came roaring by

[@hubertwebb9869]

Thank you for posting this movie. This is the way people should be treat today but it's not.

[@beverlyjuniel7386]

Hard time make you strong and humble,I salute this amazing family

[@eachday9538]

Haha, how can anyone give this a thumbs down? It's history, it just is what it is!

[@pennypiper7382]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@rickityrandy4156]

Misclicks

[@tracymesser296]

Close minded hick!!

[@LogHewer]

@@tracymesser296 😅🤣😂

[@josephsaia5527]

CrosscutDat!👍🏻

[@SkylerCleary]

This is so wholesome!

[@jimmyrouse8920]

Where did we go wrong as black folks pulling together this is a must see for black folks

[@571951rhoehn1]

What a great look at the years gone by. Got to be a hard life. I tip my hat to that family and their way of life, gone now I'm sure.

[@johnwest7463]

Well not necessarily if things are passed down from generation to generation but very little of family togetherness not like that now back then the moral fiber was stronger I think the ruination or at least part of it is the the TV in the cell phones it made people get away from work ethics

[@ajdogcurr1]

@@johnwest7463 You are right! Todays youngsters don't have a clue about what it means to actually work, let alone hard work requiring one to sweat. Oh they might think that by working out in a jim constitutes hard work. Video games, cell phones and TV's ruinned a whole generation. Before I sold my business I found it very hard to find anyone that new how to work or even know what tools were. These young kids now days don't know how to do anything that requires working with hand tools. They are spoiled and expect everything to be given to them. They are jealous of those who do work and do have more than them. When all they have to do it get out go to work and make it on their own. But that might reguire them to sweat a little bit and they are not going to do it.

[@tealtazmanian966]

@@ajdogcurr1 I remember my Grand Parents Logged and had one of those saws in the Barn because but it was replaced with the Smaller and lighter Chainsaw. I too sold my business a couple years back and for mostly the same reason. So hard to find young people with a good work ethic today. Most are raised by a nanny because their parents are so busy with their own private and personal pleasures...Golf, Tennis, other sporting games that they just forget about the Family Unit. It's like they are just so wrapped up with having their FUN and don't know how to make their Family first. Sad and shameful if you ask me. I have kids with their own Families and they are doing like everyone else because it is a KEEP UP WITH THE JONE'S world now. I have to BLAME COLLEGE for their New Found Attitudes because when they came home it was never a consideration to "Help ol' Dad that was paying ALL their bills for College" but off to have FUN with their buddies...Mom when right along with it and gave me "THE LOOK" otherwise. I liked this show because it reminded me of how i grew up on our Ranch...Dad sold the Ranch when I HAD to go off to Vietnam because he wasn't able to keep up with things by himself...no hired hands lasted more than a month or two.....TOO HARD ON THEM........I say BUNK, they just didn't know HOW TO WORK for a living and why it was so important so the stores had MEAT to put on their shelves. Today people just don't even know where their Meat comes from other than the Super Market Shelf..........SAD state of affairs we are in. I wish it was like those days where the FAMILY UNIT meant EVERYTHING.

[@busterrobinson1615]

@@ajdogcurr1 Uh huh. You can't even spell gym. See. You should have got more education instead of working like an adult in your youth lol.

[@busterrobinson1615]

@@tealtazmanian966 You probably wanted to work them for nothing.

[@kennethbledsoe8146]

SAWING THOSE TREES WAS HARD WORK. THANK GOD FOR THE CHAIN SAW.

[@thruthelensofscripture4919]

And then, since they were producing so many logs, the horse couldn't keep up so they had to buy a tractor. Then the logs were pilling up on the landing so they had to buy a loader, then they needed a bigger truck. Now, since they were producing so much wood they drawed the attention of the DCNR and needed to hire a lawyer to do all the paperwork. Then Dad said, why didn't we stick to the two man saw. Been there, done that.

[@sleddog1935]

The kind of people I grew up with in BC in the late '40's including the axe & misery whip.

[@tattoojones23]

A family that works together as a team can and will over come anything they put their goals to achieve period. Not a question if, but when.

[@kutsbothways]

Very enjoyable. Growing up in Georgia I can remember when much of middle and South Georgia looked like that. A different time before the cohesiveness of family began to unravel. This documentary made me smile and brought back memories.

[@swakks]

Me too. Good ole days for sure

[@lindalaster2798]

@@swakks I live Georgia, I'm 56 now and I can remember my grandfather and uncle's doing this job, My grandmother would always be up early in the morning making them breakfast and lunch some morning the neighbors Mr.Shine would come over and have a cup coffee before they all went to the woods, those really were hard happy times.This flim brought back many good memories 😊

[@JohnDavis-yz9nq]

Michelle Obama said something that is very true. America has seen her best days. Here in Texas it is hard to assemble a road construction crew. All Mexicans. No whites or blacks working building roads. Some white supervisors.

[@GrizzlyGroundswell]

Where did this nation go?

[@stevespencer6064]

Into carnegies, fords, and rockefellers pockets...

[@bboucharde]

Opening scene = Nice American family......I wish more families were like this.

[@MrWaterbugdesign]

Exists in many other countries.

[@TheOldCowboy1952]

This IS the American dream. You work hard. You can get things you want and need. Great reminder.

[@cowanfarmscustom5339]

I’m trying to find the “racism” from back then….

[@bamahammer3660]

Watching this film brings back memories in Alabama where my grandmother raised me. We were poor but hard working people. My grandmother use to make a full meal out of nothing in the cabinets. She made me get get out of bed every morning and start a fire in the wood burning stove to heat the house. I had to chop wood and learn to repair anything that operated in and around the house since we had very little money. I only had four pairs of pants and four shirts to go to school for the entire year. The mental toughness my grandmother instilled in me allowed me to become successful in life and excel in everything I did. I thank God and my grandmother for allowing me to live a life of my dreams.

[@danielcline7413]

My grandmother raised thirteen kids and one day in the 1980s she was making me breakfast and I noticed the spoon was flat on one side nearly a third gone and when asked she replied she had worn it away stirring stuff in old cast iron pans over her lifetime could you imagine wearing a spoon out?

[@MikeG-TS4LIFE]

Yessss thank you for these Treasured classics! Notice in the opening scene ALL of the men are sleeping 🛌 but not Mama Lol 😂 Not a lot has changed has it folks? LoL 😂

[@revelationakagoldeneagle8045]

I was born and raised in Georgia, I've lived in many other places and state's around the country, but I've come full circle. I'm living in the same county I grew up in, not far from my grandparents farm here, where I spent a lot of time. Life on that farm is one of my fondest memories... This film brings back so many great memories, some bittersweet, but presious... Journey Well Brother's and Sister's 🙏

[@swakks]

Me too Don Bell, Been all over the place and now in the middle part of the country. Thinking two years from now we should be back in the deep. I’d go to Montana but the cold has convinced me not too.

[@ancel1961]

Can you imagine us urban and suburban raised ''men'' trying to carry and load those logs? And further still, doing it without wearing work gloves, the way they did in this film? I ain't gonna' lie....I wouldn't last an hour. 😢😭

[@josephsaia5527]

Before the chain saw ? No. Watching my Uncle and Grandpa cut a huge Willow tree back in the 1950’s. There may have been chainsaws but not in the sleepy lil Louisiana town I grew up in. My son still has that two man saw hanging in his garage. It cut many ole growth cypress trees.

[@HubbaBuddah]

Goddamned Archie Hodges and his mechanical cutters

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[@paulbriggs3072]

My brother and I growing up had to cut much of our firewood with a two man saw because our father had bought a McCulloch chain saw... if you get my drift.. and it was all New York State hardwoods- including a lot of elm by the way. So I can tell you that bending way over and sawing that hard yellow pine loaded with sap to fell those trees is no minor thing.

[@patrickmckenzie9919]

Your shit out of luck when you buy a McCulloch chainsaw. They were almost impossible to start.

[@dennisjones8318]

That older boy almost looks white or Hispanic.

[@trackpackgt877]

The good old days when men were men women were women no Blurred Lines of gender hard-working God-fearing and looked out for one another Real Americans the nuclear family the kind of family that built America! There wasn't racism around every corner there wasn't 500 genders God it was such a simple beautiful time

[@died4us590]

Momma getting the sowing machine made me drop a tear. I remember my granny and mom making clothes, and other stuff. The only bad part, and even that seems good now, was being dragged to the shop waiting for them to pick out material lol.

[@christuttle3980]

Love these old videos

[@saltwaterinmyveins]

The town is Guyton Ga. The paper mill is the Weyerhaeuser mill (used to be Union Camp) in Port Wentworth. Gilman in St.Marys was still taking "short wood" till 2002. Mr. Hunter was around 55 when this was filmed!! Camdyn county looked just like this then.

[@saltwaterinmyveins]

I think the saw was made by KutKwik in Brunswick, they're still in business.

[@jessicasnyder1216]

This movie is mostly likely about my family

[@theodoredsmithjr.871]

Brought back a FLOOD of memories! The WAY IT USED TO BE! The WAY IT SHOULD BE! BEST hour of my time spent on here in a long, long time! Not that it matters, but does the race of the Hunters bring anything to mind? THINK ABOUT THAT!

[@kennyhill2678]

Imagine in this day and time, a woman being happy with a sewing machine

[@royreynolds108]

The very first thing WE, my wife & I, bought after we were married in May, 1971, was a Singer sewing machine. She was good with it.

[@AA-69]

I remember that woman, She soon got fed up with it as they couldn't afford needles. She ended up working as a hooker for the mill owner and eventually bought a Harley and moved to Detroit ! The youngest boy shot a store owner in a robbery and got the electric chair, father hung himself in the woods not long after and the oldest son sold the farm and got a job wrestling alligators in a circus ! 😖

[@ronhaworth5471]

I had a friend lived near us, his Dad was WW2 veteran who worked at Georgia Pacific for 30 years.

[@jamesdisney9522]

This is what black folks forget How family stuck together and help each other hard work pays off this movie inspired me I'm leaving California and going to South Carolina