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00:06:20 BIRCH CANOE BUILDER: OLD WOODSMAN, CANOE BUILDER, WIFE, PADDLE DOWN LAKE IN PRISTINE WOODED AREA IN HIS HAND-MADE BIRCH CANOE. HE TELLS, SHOWS HOW BIRCH CANOE WAS BUILT BY INDIANS.
00:06:42 MAN PIECE OF CEDAR. GOTTEN IN WOODS, INTO TROUGH OF WATER. CU HE SPLITS CEDAR INTO PLANKS WITH HAMMER, WEDGE. CU SMOOTHS IT WITH OLD FASHION SHAVING TOOL, MAKING RIBS FOR CANOE FRAME. PLANKS ARE PLACED IN BUCKET OF HOT WATER, HEATED ON OUTDOOR STEAMER. FACE SHOT OF OLD WOODSMAN, MOUSTACHE.
00:07:34 WIFE HELPS HIM BEND SOAKED PLANKS AROUND TREE TRUNK TO SHAPE THEM INTO RIBS FOR CANOE.
00:07:48 WOODSMAN PEELS LARGE SECTIONS OF BARK FROM HUGE BIRCH TREES, WHICH "PEEL BEST IN JUNE AND JULY," AS HE SAYS.. HE PULLS LONG, NARROW BIRCH ROOTS FROM GROUND, SOAKS, PEELS THEM, MAKING SEWING THREAD.
00:08:11 OLD CRAFTSMAN TAKES SKINS OF BARK, TACKS IT ONTO FRAME, SEWS IT TOGETHER WITH ROOT THREAD. CU SHOT OF MAN'S OLD SNEAKER AS HE STANDS ON ROOT TO PEEL IT WITH KNIFE. CU HAND OF CRAFTSMAN SEWING BARK. WIFE HELPING. PLANK IS WEDGED TO CEILING TO HOLD DOWN FRAME OF CANOE.
00:09:41 CU MAN'S HAND PLACING BEAT-UP HAT ON DEER HORN RACK. HE BENDS BARK AROUND FORM, WEDGES IT IN PLACE WITH WOODEN JIGS. PLACES GUN RAILS ON, CLAMPS THEM IN PLACE. WIFE HELPS SEW BOW IN PLACE.
00:10:36 OLD CRAFTSMAN MAKES POT OF BLACK PITCH MADE FROM SPRUCE PITCH TEMPERED WITH LARD. HE PAINTS SEAMS OF CANOE WITH PITCH. CU FACE SHOT AS HE WORKS WITH DELIBERATION.
00:11:17 OLD WOODSMAN TAKES RIFLE, GETS INTO CANOE, PADDLES DOWN LAKE.
