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Hike To Health 50 Mile Jaunts Not for Everyone

Hike To Health 50 Mile Jaunts Not for Everyone
Clip: 425141_1_1
Year Shot: 1963 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1707
Original Film: 036-015-02
HD: N/A
Location: Washington D.C.
Timecode: 00:44:18 - 00:45:39

Hike To Health - 50 Mile Jaunts Not For Everyone. Twelve Boy Scouts visit the White House to report to the President on Scout activities with the theme of "Strengthen America...Be Prepared...Be Fit." They reward Robert Kennedy for making a 50 mile hike...and the U.S. Marines and everybody else seem to be out walking all over the place. Marking the 53rd Anniversary Of the Boy Scouts, 12 representatives report to Mr. Kennedy their honorary President. With the anniversary theme of Strengthen America . For the President s brother Robert Kennedy there s a leather patch assessing to the fact that he completed a 50-mile jaunt. These 50-mile strolls swept the country, and the Marines were out in force. Approximately 12 Boy Scouts are walking down the street. MS - The Boy Scouts are in the Oval Office with President Kennedy. MCUS - A Boy Scout presents a frammed certificate to President Kennedy and a leather patch for his brother, Robert Kennedy. MCUS - A Platoon of Marines. MS - Teenagers and younger kids walking down a street. MCU/ES - The teenagers finish their 50-mile walk. MCUS - Teenage girl soaking her feet.