1923HISTORICAL RECREATIONS
HISTORICAL RECREATION, AMERICAN FRONTIERSMAN DANIEL BOONE 1776. THE BIRTH OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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SCENIC WESTERN MOUNTAINS
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"DANIEL BOONE" STANDS WITH A WALKING STICK WEARING SIGNATURE COONSKIN HAT AND SUEDE FRINGED JACKET LOOKS AROUND AT BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAINS
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DANIEL BOONE AND JUDGE RICHARD HENDERSON OF NORTH CAROLINA MAKES PLANS FOR A WESTERN COLONY
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BOONE SAYS GOODBYE TO HIS WIFE AND BABY, GROUP GETTING READY TO FIND A SITE FOR A SETTLEMENT IN THE WEST. JUDGE HENDERSON SHOWS THEM A 1776 MAP, NORTH CAROLINA, OHIO RIVER, MISSISSIPPI RIVER. FINGER TRACES ROUTE THEY'LL TAKE ACROSS THE CUMBERLAND GAP.
TRANSYLVANIA. |
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BOONE'S DAUGHTER RUNS WITH OUTSTRETCHED ARMS INTO HER FATHER'S ARMS, SAYING GOODBYE TO FAMILY & JUDGE HENDERSON. FRONTIER FAMILY WAVES GOODBYE
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DANIEL BOONE TRAVELS THROUGH THE WOODS, PASSES A MOUNTAIN STREAM.
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BOONE SPOTS AMERICAN INDIANS CARRYING BOWS AND ARROWS IN THE WOODS. INDIANS HIDE BEHIND TREES. BOONE PUTS HIS WALKING STICK DOWN, PULLS OUT A KNIFE, SWALLOWS THE KNIFE. THE INDIANS WATCH FROM BEHIND TREES, WATCH HIM WALK AWAY
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INDIANS DECIDE TO LET HIM GO, THINK HE'S A MEDICINE MAN
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1776 MAP CUMBERLAND GAP, CENTRAL KENTUCKY, "BOONESBORO"
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LATE SUMMER, 1776, AT BOONESBORO, NEW FRONTIER SETTLEMENT PEOPLE BUSY PREPARING FOR WINTER. CHOPPING WOOD, BUILDING LOG CABINS, DRYING ANIMAL SKINS.
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YOUNG MAN SHOWS BOONE HIS MUSKET, RIFLE. EARLY AMERICAN FIREARMS
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MEN BRING A DEER BACK TO THE SETTLEMENT
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YOUNG MAN COURTING BOONE'S DAUGHTER JEMIMA, MOTHER SEWS AND SMILES
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BUSY FRONTIER SETTLEMENT, HORSES USED TO DRAG LOGS FOR BUILDING LOG CABIN HOMES. FAR WESTERN OUTPOST
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MAN RIDES INTO THE SETTLEMENT, COLONISTS GATHER AROUND, HE GIVES BOONE EARLY NEWSPAPER ANNOUNCING THE IDEA OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE BOONE GATHERS EVERYONE AROUND SAYING THEY HAVE TO FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE. 1776.
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INDIANS ATTACK FRONTIER SETTLEMENT, 1776, BURN THEIR CROPS. MEN SCRAMBLE FOR THEIR MUSKETS. DISCUSS WHAT THEY SHOULD DO. SOME WANT TO RUN, SOME WANT TO STAY &
FIGHT. |
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WOMAN RUNS OVER TO THE MEN, THEY RUN OVER TO DISTRAUGHT WOMAN CRYING OVER HER DEAD CHILD'S BODY.
MAN SPEAKS OUT, SAYS THEY WERE FOOLISH TO FOLLOW BOONE THERE. BOONE LOOKS AROUND AT FELLOW SETTLERS. |
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FRONTIER FAMILY SITS AT DINNER TABLE IN CANDLELIGHT, MOTHER COOKS ON OPEN FIRE IN FIREPLACE. OLD MAN SICK IN BED. GROWN DAUGHTER COMFORTS OLD FATHER, THEN HELPS MOTHER WITH DINNER
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WOMAN ANSWERS KNOCK ON CABIN DOOR. WOMAN ENTERS SAYING THERE'S NO FOOD. HARSH WINTER, SICKNESS, STARVATION. TELL HER NOT TO WORRY, THE MEN WILL BE BACK SOON WITH MEAT & SALT
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WEAK MAN ARRIVES BACK AT THE SETTLEMENT, MEN OPEN THE STOCKADE GATE & HELP HIM IN
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MAN POUNDS ON CABIN DOOR, WEAK MAN STUMBLES IN, TELLS FAMILY BOONE HAS BEEN CAPTURED BY THE INDIANS, FAMILY REACTS.
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BOONE'S FAMILY PACKS THEIR BELONGINGS, PLAN TO RETURN TO "CIVILIZATION" NO SIGN OF BOONE RETURNING.
DAUGHTER TELLS MOTHER SHE IS STAYING TO WAIT FOR BOONE TO RETURN |
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BOONE IN INDIAN VILLAGE, A PRISONER NOW ADOPTED BY THE SHAWNEES AS A WARRIOR, SUMMER 1778, BOONE WEARS INDIAN CLOTHING, HEADDRESS, SITS INDIAN STYLE ON THE GROUND WITH OTHER WARRIORS. FRENCH OFFICER DE QUINDRE & SHAWNEE CHIEF BLACKFISH SMOKE OUT OF A LONG PIPE
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POMPEY, ACTS AS AN INTERPRETER BETWEEN FRENCH DE QUINDRE AND CHIEF BLACKFISH SITS WITH THEM AS THEY MAKE PLANS TO INVADE BOONESBORO. BOONE LISTENS.
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BOONE ESCAPES FROM THE SHAWNEE, STARTS ON A FIVE DAY RACE THROUGH THE WILDERNESS TO WARN THE SETTLEMENT
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BOONE REACHES BOONESBORO, FINDS HIS WIFE AND FAMILY LONG GONE, TAKES COMMAND TO FIGHT THE INDIANS. MEN PREPARE TO FIGHT, TAKE UP THEIR MUSKETS.
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BOONE LOOKS OUT STOCKADE, BURSTS OF FIRE, BRITISH FLAG INDIANS FIGHTING WITH THE BRITISH AGAINST THE COLONISTS
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FRENCH OFFICER DE QUINDRE AND THE INDIANS PLANNING, BLACK INTERPRETER.
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INSIDE THE STOCKADE, THE MEN SHOOT AT THE ENEMY THROUGH THE STOCKADE WALL
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DE QUINDRE AND CHIEF BLACKFISH PLAN TO BURN DOWN THE SETTLEMENT INDIANS TAKE THEIR PLACES & SHOOT BURNING ARROWS AT THE SETTLEMENT. ROOF CATCHES FIRE. MEN PUT UP A LADDER, MAN CLIMBS UP AND BEATS AT THE FIRE TRYING TO PUT IT OUT. FRIGHTENED WOMEN WATCH
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DE QUINDRE THINKS BOONESBORO IS BEWIICHED & THAT BOONE IS A GREAT MEDICINE MAN THEY CAN'T HARM. CHIEF BLACKFISH SAYS TO SEND MORE BRAVES. INDIANS GATHER AND PLAN
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INDIAN BRAVES DIGGING A TUNNEL THROUGH INTO THE STOCKADE, SETTLERS HEAR, TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY'LL BREAK IN. AFRAID THEY'RE TRAPPED
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DAY NINE OF THE SIEGE. NIGHT TIME, AT THE SITE WHERE THE TUNNEL IS EXPECTED TO BREAK THROUGH, THE MEN CAUSE A COUNTER TRENCH, MEN WORK IN THE POURING RAIN.
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DIRT POURS ON TOP OF THE INDIANS, BURIED ALIVE. CHIEF BLACKFISH TELLS DE QUINDRE THEY WILL FIGHT NO MORE "THINGS WE DO NOT SEE PROTECT THE WHITE MAN" INDIANS GIVE UP THE FIGHT
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NEXT DAY, BOONE INSPECTS THE SURROUNDING WOODS, CALLS TO THE COLONISTS THAT THE INDIANS HAVE GIVEN UP.
EVERYONE CHEERS AND CELEBRATES THEIR VICTORY. BOONE PLANS ON GOING FOR HIS FAMILY & BRINGING THEM BACK & MORE PEOPLE FOR THE COLONY |
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BOONE LEAVES THE SETTLEMENT
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POV LOOKING OUT OPEN STOCKADE GATE AT MOUNTAINS
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FILM ENDS
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