CAMPOREE, 1937 [BOY SCOUT] Part 3
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Camporee, 1937- Boy Scouts, some marching, some on bicycles, all with packs. “Down the hill to the camp site.” Scouts walking down a hill. “Patrol registers in.” Patrol checks in with leaders at headquarters tent. “First inspection of equipment.” Leaders examine boys’ packs. “Trek cart.” Boys haul trailer into clearing, unload gear. “The terrible patrol, how not to come.” Boys overloaded with poorly packed gear straggle into camp. “Setting up camp trail tents.” Tent building. “Kitchen.” Scout cooking over open fire. “Rotation kitchen -- a place for everything, everything in its place.” Scout leader inspects outdoor rack with utensils hung from it. “Preparing ‘spuds.’” Scout peeling potatoes. “Biscuits like mother used to make.” Boy rolls biscuits with tin can, cuts them with another. “Cooking food -- must be good and nourishing.” Scout cooking over campfire - boy eating. “Dining table.” Boys eat dinner at ‘table’ cut into ground. “Bugler -- reveille.” Bugler blows on his trumpet. “Bare feet -- this will happen when the bed is not properly made.” Pair of wriggling feet sticking out of bed. “Everybody out.” Boys quickly pile out of tent. “Sleepy head.” Scout slowly gets out of tent, rubs eyes, washes face at basin on sticks stuck into ground. “Washing up, even the ears, brushing teeth twice a day.” Boy washing and brushing. “Making an envelope bed. You can’t roll out.” Scout making bed of blankets. “Patrol pow wow. Planning the day’s program.” Scouts sit on grass and talk. “Inspection of camp sites, and he doesn’t miss a thing.” Leader making rounds of camp. “Those automatic lighters -- fire by friction.” Starting fire by twirling stick with string and bow. “It works.” Building small fire up with sticks. “A message to the hill by Morse Code.” Using semaphore flags. “Wall tents.” Tent with side walls up. “Trail tents.” Small tents with no side walls. “Shelter halves.” Small tents with no end walls. “Small wall tents.” “Camporee city. City of tents.” Panorama of camp. “End.” [1937]
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