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'THE ADVENTURES OF A BOY SCOUT.' 1915.
42x28½ inches, 106¾x72½ cm. Greenwich Litho. Co., New York. Condition B+: minor repaired tears, creases and abrasions at edges and along vertical and horizontal folds; archival tape on verso; slight darkening at edges; text insert in subtitle, as issued. Paper.
This film was contracted by the National Boy Scouts of America, and shooting was completed in just two weeks. The original release, entitled "The Making of a Scout," was the first seven-reel picture in America; it was later edited down to five reels and re-released in Feb 1915 as "The Adventures of a Boy Scout." President Woodrow Wilson makes an appearance in the picture, and it was endorsed by Teddy Roosevelt. In a review of the film from the time, by Clifford H. Pangburn, wrote "This is a purely educational subject intended to show the activities of the Boy Scouts in the most favorable possible light. There is no question that this organization is a splendid thing and is doing much good among the boys of this country. That very fact makes it seem a trifle superfluous to paint the scouts in such rosy colors as is done in this picture" (http://www.bridgeboro.com/).
