1950-1959INSTRUCTIONAL FILMS
MAKING LEATHER SADDLES IN THE 1950s. CAMP GRADY SPRUCE, YMCA CAMP. TEEN COWBOY MAKES HIS OWN SADDLE
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TEEN COWBOYS CAMPING GATHERED AROUND PORTABLE RADIO.
BOYS DRESSED THE SAME IN BLUE JEANS, WHITE T-SHORTS AND COWBOY HATS |
| 01:10:57 16.63 |
TEEN COWBOYS LEAVE CAMPSITE, THROUGH RICKETY WOODEN TURNSTILE. BOY GOES BACK TO TURN OFF THE RADIO
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| 01:11:11 29.63 |
BOYS GRAB THEIR SADDLES. ONE BOY'S SADDLE BREAKS, LOOK OF DISAPPOINTMENT ON HIS FACE. DROPS BROKEN SADDLE AND SITS DOWN TO SULK.
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| 01:11:30 48.63 |
BOYS MOUNT HORSES AND GO ON A TRAIL RIDE. BOY LEFT OUT SITS ON FRONT PORCH SULKING
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| 01:11:50 68.63 |
CAMP DIRECTOR APPROACHES BOY FROM BEHIND, LENDS SUPPORT WITH HAND ON THE BACK. INSPECTS BROKEN SADDLE. CU MAN AND BOY TALKING
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| 01:12:38 116.63 |
TEEN BOY RUNS INTO CAMP CRAFT BARN. OPENS BOX MARKED SADDLE KIT, UNPACKS KIT AND ARRANGES SADDLE PARTS.
BOY MAKES HIS OWN SADDLE. PRE-FORMED SEAT COVER. SADDLE TREE. ACCESSORIES. |
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TOOLS NEEDED FOR SADDLE MAKING LAID OUT ON TABLE.
PLIERS, HAMMER. HOLE PUNCHES. LEATHER WORKING ITEMS. PLIERS. |
| 01:13:36 174.63 |
PROCESS OF SADDLE MAKING. MAN APPLIES ADHESIVE PASTE TO BINDER ROLL. APPLIED TO FLESH SIDE OF THE LEATHER.
EDGE ROLLED UNDER. |
| 01:14:29 227.63 |
WITH A STEEL COMPASS SADDLE MAKER SCORES THE LEATHER A HALF INCH FROM THE EDGE
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| 01:15:05 263.63 |
USING A HOLE PUNCHER, HOLES PUNCHED OUT OF THE LEATHER
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| 01:15:22 280.63 |
CU LACING PIECES TOGETHER
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| 01:15:33 291.63 |
CU PULLING THE LACED COVER OVER THE SADDLE HORN
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| 01:16:06 324.63 |
SLACK TAKEN UP, TACKED TO UNDERSIDE OF THE SADDLE TREE
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| 01:16:26 344.63 |
LEATHER ADHESIVE PASTE APPLIED TO GROUND SEAT AND HANDLE
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| 01:16:40 358.63 |
SEAT COVER SLIPPED OVER THE SADDLE AND TACKED AT THE SADDLE BASE
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| 01:16:57 375.63 |
SCREWS ATTACH FRONT PIECES OF SADDLE
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| 01:17:03 381.63 |
CU SHARP EDGE BEVELLING TOOL TRIMS THE EXCESS LEATHER EDGES
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| 01:17:10 388.63 |
DOUBLE LAYER OF HOLES PUNCHED IN STIRRUP STRAPS
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| 01:17:27 405.63 |
PIECES OF LEATHER LINED UP, RIVETED AND LACED TOGETHER
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| 01:18:11 449.63 |
STIRRUP LEATHER THREADED THROUGH THE SLOT BETWEEN THE GROUND SEAT & THE BAR
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| 01:18:26 464.63 |
SADDLE SKIRTS EDGES TRIMMED AND BURNISHED.
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LACING HOLES PUNCHED OUT OF LEATHER & SADDLE SKIRTS LACED TOGETHER. CROSS LACE.
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| 01:19:18 516.63 |
SADDLE SKIRTS SPONGED WITH WATER BEFORE SADDLE TREE BARS ARE SLIPPED INTO THE SKIRT POCKETS & TACKED
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| 01:19:34 532.63 |
SKIRT TACKED TO THE SADDLE GULLET & SHAPED TO THE BAR
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| 01:19:48 546.63 |
CU PUNCHING HOLES IN LEATHER
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| 01:19:55 553.63 |
CU PIECES OF LEATHER LACED TOGETHER & TACKED TO THE SADDLE TREE
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| 01:20:29 587.63 |
EARS OF SADDLE SEAT PULLED TIGHT AND TACKED DOWN
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HOLES BORED THROUGH SADDLE AND THE TREE WHICH HELP HOLD THE SADDLE TOGETHER. LEATHER STRINGS LACES THROUGH
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| 01:21:37 655.63 |
STIRRUPS ATTACHED BY LACING THE STRAPS TO THE FENDER
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| 01:21:58 676.63 |
CU FINISHED HAND MADE SADDLE
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| 01:22:02 680.63 |
NEW LEATHER SADDLE ON CORRAL FENCE HAND TOOLED.
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CAMP DIRECTOR INSPECTS BOY'S NEW LEATHER SADDLE.
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| 01:22:43 721.63 |
TEEN COWBOY GRABS HIS NEW SADDLE, MOUNTS HORSE AND RIDES AWAY
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FILM ENDS
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