A day at the William Brear and Sons a family run sawmill in Addingham, it also shows the Broughton Hall estate near Skipton. The film follows a typical working day at the mill, including the manufacture of some timber products. Title: Timber The film opens showing a workman felling a tree using an axe initially, then another workman assists him to cut the tree at its base with a two-handed saw. The tree then falls to the ground landing next to some other felled trees. Title: The film...

A day at the William Brear and Sons a family run sawmill in Addingham, it also shows the Broughton Hall estate near Skipton. The film follows a typical working day at the mill, including the manufacture of some timber products. Title: Timber The film opens showing a workman felling a tree using an axe initially, then another workman assists him to cut the tree at its base with a two-handed saw. The tree then falls to the ground landing next to some other felled trees. Title: The film shows some of the work of William Brear & Sons Timber Merchants of Addingham. A whitewashed house stands next to a country lane along with some outbuildings and a stack of tree trunks in a field next to other buildings. A view across a river follows where a dog is being taken for a walk, views follow of crane jibs and outbuildings near the river. A farmhouse along with other buildings is shown, a crane occupies a space amongst the buildings. Title: The firm was established over one hundred years ago – it deals mainly in English timbers, and is concerned with all aspects of the trade, from felling to the production of finished articles. A view follows showing stacked timber next to some buildings and under covered areas. A young boy hands a piece of wood to an older man who places it on pile of similar sized wood. Title: During a day there is much to be done ~ ~ In The Office ~. The film shows a stone-built building with external wooden stairs leading to a door. The film moves inside where a woman winds a wall clock and adjusts the time, to five minutes to eight. Another woman works at a typewriter, she is disturbed by the phone ringing and answers it. She then checks an item in a filing cabinet and writes a note at her desk. A brief view follows of a man speaking in the office. Title: Buying ~ Measuring ~ Felling ~ Leading~ Two men get into a car (Morris 8 - reg no. DYH 148) and drive off. They enter the gateway to a large estate. A closer view follows of a grand house, a man with a walking stick stands next to a wall pillar which supports a streetlamp. The car approaches and stops, the driver gets out and shakes the man’s hand, he also greets the car’s passenger, they then walk off along a footpath. The passenger, an older man stops and looks at the grand house. The three men walk further into the estate and stop to looks at some trees. The film moves back to the driveway in front of the house where the two men shake hands with the gentleman who was their guide and leave in their car. The film cuts to a workman walking through woods carrying a tape measure. He stops to measure the girth of a tree and makes some notes. Another workman starts to cut into the base of a tree with an axe. Then two men with a two-handed saw cut through the remainder of the trunk and the tree falls. One of the workmen shaves slivers of wood off the base of the trunk with an axe, another trims off branches further up the trunk. The film cuts to an open field where a lorry with a trailer is parked under three poles erected in a pyramid fashion. Another view shows a man walking alongside a moving bulldozer up a hill to where some felled trees lie. A large chain is put around the trunk one of the trees. The chain is attached to the bulldozer which then pulls the trunk, down the slope. The use of an on-board winch positions the trunk under the three poles seen earlier. A hook attached by cable to the poles lifts the trunk onto the lorry trailer A workman measures the girth of the tree, then the lorry with the assistance of the bulldozer pulls the heavy load across the field, through gaps in stone walls and eventually to the open road. The lorry then pulls the trunk under its own power along the road. Title: Outside Work The film cuts to a view of a crane jib. A workman operates the crane from its cabin. The film shows the lorry and its trailer carrying several tree trunks. A large chain is placed around all of them, and the chain is attached to the crane’s hook. The trunks are lifted from the trailer. The swinging load is guided off the trailer by workmen and eventually the trunks are placed on the ground and the chain detached. Sections of tree trunk are hoisted by the crane onto a movable board which runs on two parallel steel rails mounted off the ground on a wooden frame. The two men push the trunks, which are then rolled of the railed board by another workman. The trunk is then fed through a machine which cuts it in half lengthways. Two other men work at another machine saw which cuts the trunks in half across the width of the trunk. Another view shows thick planks of wood with bark still attached coming through another processing machine. A closer view shows the mechanical saw at work cutting planks from the tree trunk. A man shovels sawdust, produced by one of the mechanical saws, into a wheelbarrow. The film moves on showing workmen loading newly cut planks onto a lorry. A close up of the passenger door of the lorry gives the firms name, ‘Robert Hudson Limited, Gildersome Foundry, Nr Leeds. A closer view shows the workmen loading the lorry. One of the workmen writes on a piece of paper attached to a clipboard. Title: Inside Work. The film shows a storeroom full of wooden stools, wheelbarrows, poles and other items. A workman climbs up some stairs and start shovelling sawdust down through an opening in the floor. He starts a machine, and oils one or two points on the machine while it is working. Long belts are driven by revolving wheels. A man feeds a piece of wood towards a circular saw, where a plank is cut. The workman tending the machine applies a file to the teeth of a large stationary circular saw. Another man marks out a curved line on a new plank of wood. He then feeds the marked-out wood through a band saw. Another man operates a wood lathe to create round pieces or wood from square section lengths which may become chair legs or something similar. On a bench lies a piece of wood shape as an octagon. On top of it appears a round piece of wood, which appears with a smoother edge. A worker sharpens tools on a grinding wheel. He takes a circular piece of wood from a pile and puts it on a wood lathe. He then shapes the disc with the tools he’s been sharpening. On the bench seen earlier are two pieces of square section timber, which change into shaped pieces which could be legs for a chair or stool. A similar piece of wood is shaped on a wood lathe. A workman uses a vertical drill to make holes in the wood he is working. Another lathe is loaded with several square section pieces of wood to be shaped into legs. On the bench two legs are attached at the top with a piece of wood ‘bridging’ the two pieces of wood. The view changes to a complete frame of a stool without its seat. The next view shows the completed stool. Another workman feeds long thin pieces of wood into a machine. A different workman drills holes in a different type of stool frame. The long thin pieces of wood are cut into shorter pieces, these are used to create the joints so the stool frame can be secured together. A man operates a trimming or sanding machine to ensure the frame is ready to receive the seat. A workman shapes some other pieces of wood. Glue is applied to holes in the legs and the shorter pieces are glued into place, to give strength to the finished item. Glue is applied to holes in the underside of the seat and the frame is attached to the seat. The finished article is place on the floor. The office clock shows the time as four minutes to five. A workman walks past some of the timber yard buildings carrying his billy can then crosses a field. The film ends as a man walks down steps from the office, crosses a yard and enters another building. Title: The End