" SPEED POWER! " 1930s BOY SCOUT CAMP PROMO FILM DORFAN ELECTRIC TOY TRAINS MD10205

[@andyevans2336]

Love how the time stamp covers the content.

[@tinasmith1391]

It's amazing how much things have changed in 100 years. It's like a whole different world.

[@laserbeam002]

Yes, and not all for the better

[@TristanMorrow]

"You can take it apart and put it together. It's great sport!"

[@stevodakine1]

If these kids were at this camp in the 30’s I would say their parents were at least middle to upper class. The 30’s were hard times for most.

[@charlesperkins7746]

The cost to attend summer camp currently runs from $350 - $650 . Higher in some locations. If a parent has two or three boys, it is cost prohibitive for most parents. Camperships help.

[@DVD927]

@@charlesperkins7746Seems like about 10-15 years ago, scout camp was about $200. The expense can be offset by popcorn sales.

[@laserbeam002]

Another very good post.

[@DVD927]

I don’t know if this was the same Keith Wythes shown as a scout in this film, but it could be. Keith W. Wythes Rank: First Lieutenant Service Number: O-430876 Date Missing: 12/09/1945 Unit: 67th Fighter Squadron 347th Fighter Group Branch of Service: U.S. Army Air Force Listed On Wall/Tablet: Honolulu Memorial

[@giulioluzzardi7632]

Every kid there was a potential "Customer".

[@JoeOvercoat]

Every kid here still is! Of all ages. 😉

[@emg910728]

It is conceivable that the parrot is alive or was within pretty recently

[@oneFreetinker]

Did anyone else see the boy break his shovel and then go back at it with the shovel head like nothing happened? Kids haven't changed that much.

[@ashleymarie7452]

My father, Aloysius Bernard Cronin, was born on 23 Feb 1908 and lived in Hackensack NJ. He was a Boy Scout along with Ozzie Nelson. Ozzie was an Eagle Scout. My father told me that Ozzie was a real jerk.

[@jsl151850b]

*At least this wasn't one of the German-American Bund Camps.*

[@Sashazur]

For those who don’t know what that was… the German American Bund was a society created to promote Nazi ideals in the USA. It was formed by Nazi sympathizers in the mid 1930s. Only people with German ancestry could join (and of course Jews and communists weren’t allowed). One of the things they did was summer camps to indoctrinate kids. Even though most Bund members insisted they were patriotic Americans, the movement was never really popular overall and it caused a lot of controversy, even within the German-American community. The Bund was dismantled when the USA joined WW2 but it had already started to decline a few years before that.

[@R32R38]

Camp Crystal Lake. Beware those wearing hockey masks.

[@johngalt6929]

Johnny Cash's band got drunk and hijacked the music.

[@denisross2923]

Looks more like military training than dcouting

[@michaelfisher7170]

That’s what scouting was. Prep for the army.

[@jayski9410]

I was a Boy Scout in the 1950's, and you're right it was more like military training. But remember our Scout leaders were the veterans who had just come back from WWII. We got up to Reveille, stood formation, had inspections, marched, had survival training, learned all sorts of bushcraft and rope skills, as well as marksmanship. They figured we were the next generation of soldiers and this was pre-boot camp.

[@johnwilson6336]

Odds are plenty of these kids served during the Second World War.

[@Sashazur]

The Scouts were founded by a British military officer.

[@alanpope179]

Kids these days couldn't even motivate themselves to attend let alone participate!

[@laserbeam002]

You couldn't tear them away from their cell phones long enough to do anything outdoors.

[@johnwilson6336]

There’s plenty of active scout troops with plenty of kids participating.

[@de-fault_de-fault]

My theory is there are too many idiots in sunglasses sitting in their trucks whining about the world, teaching kids that’s how an adult acts. Horrible influence.

[@michaelwills1926]

@@laserbeam002kids know what they’re taught. Welcome to social engineering 101

[@withershin]

Flash backs. Creepy-ass dudes. Only skinny boys. I was a fat one- beaver then cub. Dudes were creepy in the 1980's too.

[@Sashazur]

If you think dudes were creepy back in the day, there’s no reason to think they aren’t creepy now too. Skinny or fat has nothing to do with creepy.