[Wohelo Camp Footage] Reel 7

Datecirca 1927

Can DescriptionsTimanous

Viewing NotesTitle: ‘WE HAVE ATTEMPTED, THROUGH THE FOLLOWING AMATEUR PICTURES, TO SHOW THE TYPE OF BOY FOUND AT TIMANOUS, THE THINGS THEY DO AND ALSO WHERE THEY LIVE AND PLAY’. Intertitle: ‘A VIEW OF PANTHER LAKE’. [Panther Pond?] Shot of the pond and houses. Intertitle: ‘AN EXPERIENCE TO BE REMEMBERED’. A line of boys (campers at Camp Timanous on horseback riding through the water. Intertitle: ‘THIS ISN’T THE WAY THEY ALWAYS GET OFF.’ A pony lies down in the water, forcing the boy riding it to dismount. Intertitle: ‘ACTUALLY SWIMMING WITH A BOY ON HIS BACK’. A boy riding a swimming horse. Campers on horseback. Intertitle: ‘FEW HILLS ARE TOO STEEP FOR A TIMANOUS BOY’. Riding up a hill. Intertitle: ‘ON ONE OF OUR MANY PATHS’. Campers riding through the woods. Intertitle: ‘IT’S FUN TO LEARN TENNIS WHEN A BOY BUT A DIFFICULT TASK LATER’. Boys learning to play tennis. Intertitle: ‘NOT SO MUCH FUN’. A boy using a roller to smooth the tennis court. Intertitle: ‘THE BOYS HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION MEDALS’. Campers learning to shoot rifles. Intertitle: ‘BOAT BUILDING’. Campers building a small boat. Two boys “rowing” the boat on land. Intertitle: ‘OUR TREE HOUSE’. Shot of a tree house. Intertitle: ‘THE BOYS CLIMB UP A LADDER AND SLIDE DOWN A BRASS POLE’. Campers climbing into the tree house and sliding down. Intertitle: ‘A SOAP BATH EVERY MORNING ISN’T SUCH A HARDSHIP AT CAMP’. Campers bating in the lake. Intertitle: ‘THE BEGINNERS LEARN TO SWIM IN SHALLOW WATER AT THE BEACH’. A camper learning to swim. Intertitle: ‘WATER SPORTS DAY’. Intertitle: ‘ONE OF THE FREE STYLE RACES’. A swim race. Racing from a raft to the shore. Intertitle: ‘A SURFACE DIVE IN ALMOST PERFECT FORM’. A swimming boy diving under the water. Intertitle: ‘CANOE TILTING’. Jousting between two boys in canoes. People seated on the shore. Intertitle: ‘MANY OF THESE BOYS COULD NOT SWIM WHEN THEY CAME TO CAMP. EVERY BOY COULD STAY ABOVE WATER AT LEAST FIFTEEN MINUTES BFORE THE SUMMER WAS OVER.’ Boys diving from a raft. Sliding from the raft. Diving. [End of Reel]