Explorer Scouts Making Fiberglass Canoes
Identifier
F.2005-01-0050
Date Of Production
1957
Abstract
Amateur silent film of a boy scout troop making a fiberglass canoe step by step from a mold, from start to finish. Boy scouts all help in each part of the process. They then take their finished canoes on a trip where they learn how to row their new canoes and camp out on the river.
Log
00:00 - troop of boy scouts gathered around troop leaders in a classroom looking over drawing plans of canoes
01:03 - boys wax a long half-section of a canoe mold with frame, gather around in circle as leader helps them mix glue-like substance they apply to the canoe
03:57 - boy trims excess lining of material around canoe flush to edge with a knife, smoothing out glue coating, boys prepare fire in small furnace, sand down rough edges, apply second coat with paint brush
08:59 - exterior, black smoke bellows from roof smokestack, boys measure and cut fiberglass lining, interior, glue lining to inside of canoe mold, smooth surface
12:16 - MCU boys wash glue off their hands with Tide, CU glue covered Tide box
12:34 - lay out and glue another layer of fiberglass
15:38 - carry canoe half still in mold into yard, pull canoe free from mold, lay it in grass with other canoe halves, boys feel surface for smoothness, trim and sand down edges with manual and power tools
21:53 - fit two canoe halves together
22:14 - MLS troop leaders load trunk of antique Cadillac with two canoes strapped to roof, RA drive off, cut to troops getting out of cars with canoes, boy scouts stand at river’s edge behind canoes, little girl breaks bottle on canoe bow, lower two canoes into water, paddle away
24:25 - VS men paddling in canoes on river, rowing exercises
29:58 - Var LS river landscape from bank, boy scouts build a tree house
30:44-33:02 - troops row down river packed into multiple canoes, stop at a bank down river, dusk, campfire on bank with dark silhouettes of people rowing in canoes in far distance
01:03 - boys wax a long half-section of a canoe mold with frame, gather around in circle as leader helps them mix glue-like substance they apply to the canoe
03:57 - boy trims excess lining of material around canoe flush to edge with a knife, smoothing out glue coating, boys prepare fire in small furnace, sand down rough edges, apply second coat with paint brush
08:59 - exterior, black smoke bellows from roof smokestack, boys measure and cut fiberglass lining, interior, glue lining to inside of canoe mold, smooth surface
12:16 - MCU boys wash glue off their hands with Tide, CU glue covered Tide box
12:34 - lay out and glue another layer of fiberglass
15:38 - carry canoe half still in mold into yard, pull canoe free from mold, lay it in grass with other canoe halves, boys feel surface for smoothness, trim and sand down edges with manual and power tools
21:53 - fit two canoe halves together
22:14 - MLS troop leaders load trunk of antique Cadillac with two canoes strapped to roof, RA drive off, cut to troops getting out of cars with canoes, boy scouts stand at river’s edge behind canoes, little girl breaks bottle on canoe bow, lower two canoes into water, paddle away
24:25 - VS men paddling in canoes on river, rowing exercises
29:58 - Var LS river landscape from bank, boy scouts build a tree house
30:44-33:02 - troops row down river packed into multiple canoes, stop at a bank down river, dusk, campfire on bank with dark silhouettes of people rowing in canoes in far distance
Run Time
33 min 2 sec
Format
16mm
Extent
1,195 feet
Color
Color
Sound
Silent
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Form
Subject
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Main Credits
Conneely, Margaret (is filmmaker)
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