- Title: VM-350
- Summary: SADDLE MAKING: MAKING LEATHER SADDLES IN THE 1950s. CAMP GRADY SPRUCE, YMCA CAMP. TEEN COWBOY MAKES HIS OWN SADDLE
- Description:01:10:44 - TEEN COWBOYS CAMPING GATHERED AROUND PORTABLE RADIO. BOYS DRESSED THE SAME IN BLUE JEANS, WHITE T-SHORTS AND COWBOY HATS 01:10:58 - TEEN COWBOYS LEAVE CAMPSITE, THROUGH RICKETY WOODEN TURNSTILE. BOY GOES BACK TO TURN OFF THE RADIO 01:11:11 - BOYS GRAB THEIR SADDLES. ONE BOY'S SADDLE BREAKS, LOOK OF DISAPPOINTMENT ON HIS FACE. DROPS BROKEN SADDLE AND SITS DOWN TO SULK. 01:11:30 - BOYS MOUNT HORSES AND GO ON A TRAIL RIDE. BOY LEFT OUT SITS ON FRONT PORCH SULKING 01:11:50 - CAMP DIRECTOR APPROACHES BOY FROM BEHIND, LENDS SUPPORT WITH HAND ON THE BACK. INSPECTS BROKEN SADDLE. CU MAN AND BOY TALKING 01:12:38 - 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. 01:13:25 - TOOLS NEEDED FOR SADDLE MAKING LAID OUT ON TABLE. PLIERS, HAMMER. HOLE PUNCHES. LEATHER WORKING ITEMS. PLIERS. 01:13:36 - PROCESS OF SADDLE MAKING. MAN APPLIES ADHESIVE PASTE TO BINDER ROLL. APPLIED TO FLESH SIDE OF THE LEATHER. EDGE ROLLED UNDER. 01:14:29 - WITH A STEEL COMPASS SADDLE MAKER SCORES THE LEATHER A HALF INCH FROM THE EDGE 01:15:05 - USING A HOLE PUNCHER, HOLES PUNCHED OUT OF THE LEATHER 01:15:22 - CU LACING PIECES TOGETHER 01:15:33 - CU PULLING THE LACED COVER OVER THE SADDLE HORN 01:16:06 - SLACK TAKEN UP, TACKED TO UNDERSIDE OF THE SADDLE TREE 01:16:26 - LEATHER ADHESIVE PASTE APPLIED TO GROUND SEAT AND HANDLE 01:16:40 - SEAT COVER SLIPPED OVER THE SADDLE AND TACKED AT THE SADDLE BASE 01:16:57 - SCREWS ATTACH FRONT PIECES OF SADDLE 01:17:03 - CU SHARP EDGE BEVELLING TOOL TRIMS THE EXCESS LEATHER EDGES 01:17:10 - DOUBLE LAYER OF HOLES PUNCHED IN STIRRUP STRAPS 01:17:27 - PIECES OF LEATHER LINED UP, RIVETED AND LACED TOGETHER 01:18:11 - STIRRUP LEATHER THREADED THROUGH THE SLOT BETWEEN THE GROUND SEAT & THE BAR 01:18:26 - SADDLE SKIRTS EDGES TRIMMED AND BURNISHED. 01:18:46 - LACING HOLES PUNCHED OUT OF LEATHER & SADDLE SKIRTS LACED TOGETHER. CROSS LACE. 01:19:18 - SADDLE SKIRTS SPONGED WITH WATER BEFORE SADDLE TREE BARS ARE SLIPPED INTO THE SKIRT POCKETS & TACKED 01:19:34 - SKIRT TACKED TO THE SADDLE GULLET & SHAPED TO THE BAR 01:19:48 - CU PUNCHING HOLES IN LEATHER 01:19:55 - CU PIECES OF LEATHER LACED TOGETHER & TACKED TO THE SADDLE TREE 01:20:29 - EARS OF SADDLE SEAT PULLED TIGHT AND TACKED DOWN 01:20:44 - HOLES BORED THROUGH SADDLE AND THE TREE WHICH HELP HOLD THE SADDLE TOGETHER. LEATHER STRINGS LACES THROUGH 01:21:37 - STIRRUPS ATTACHED BY LACING THE STRAPS TO THE FENDER 01:21:58 - CU FINISHED HAND MADE SADDLE 01:22:02 - NEW LEATHER SADDLE ON CORRAL FENCE HAND TOOLED. 01:22:22 - CAMP DIRECTOR INSPECTS BOY'S NEW LEATHER SADDLE. 01:22:43 - TEEN COWBOY GRABS HIS NEW SADDLE, MOUNTS HORSE AND RIDES AWAY 01:23:12 - FILM ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-350