The creator of the video, Eugenio Monesma writes that
The last century of a millennium brought about a fundamental shift, transforming or eliminating traditional practices based on harnessing nature's resources and leading to the disappearance of forestry trades. In this documentary, filmed in 2011, I attempt to offer a glimpse into those trades, some of which have since vanished.
The video looks at ...
- tree felling
- bark stripping
- shaping the trunk with an axe
- transporting the log using an ox-drawn cart
- saw mills electric and water powered
- sawing by hand
- hauling logs to the road by mule
- transporting logs by river by making 'rafts'
- making pitch
- charcoal
- huts for the charcoal burners to live in whilst living in the forest
- collecting pine resin
- harvesting cork from cork oak
- transporting cork using donkeys
- hollowing logs to make watering troughs
- making simple bridges to cross ravines
- making shingles and shingle roofs
- 'human squirrels' to gather pine nuts
- gathering chestnuts
- basket-making
- broom-making
- making juniper oil
- making wooden spoons and forks
The video has been auto-dubbed into English. Please forgive it for that, especially as anything with four legs is labelled 'horse', and concentrate on the beauty and information the video provides.
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