Shot in 1954, Bob Anderson a producer with NFB and Angus Baptiste, his guide and minder, are given a thorough drenching and then left dripping wet in the bush with just an axe and Baptiste's knowledge and ingenuity to keep them going while Baptiste rustles up a birchbark canoe for them to travel home in.
Shamelessly hammed up for the camera [in a far more honest way than todays 'reality' TV] but still informative, and interesting to see how Bushcraft was portrayed on TV nearly 60 years ago. We've come a long way, but are we traveling in the right direction?
More soon
SBW
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Regards, Keith.
LL
ReplyDeleteCharming isn't it
SBW
That was awesome! I just wonder how many folks could get by as well as Mssr Baptiste with nothing more than an axe.
ReplyDeletePhillip
ReplyDeletePuts your average bushcrafter, with his mountain of kit, to shame eh?
SBW
On the subject of which...........TBC
Angus's skills are indeed impressive, but, let's see, they kill a bear just to demonstrate a deadfall trap. Then they have a cub (the dead bear's, if it was a sow--they don't tell us), and it runs off, wearing a collar that might choke it to death if it lives long enough to grow.
ReplyDeleteNice work.
Or did the unseen crew members re-capture and cub for life in a zoo while the adult bear's tanned skin ended up in the living room of the National Film Board's chief executive?
Chas
ReplyDeleteTV might now only torture morons for our entertainment, but someone or something always suffers for us.
SBW
Ahaha this is hilarious. I loved all that stuff he tried to stash in his pockets.
ReplyDeleteShould have just spear hunted him! haha!
ReplyDeleteCheck it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4_PoTehPTQ