Yeah. It is true. I like to collect videos about Scouting. I like to make videos about Scouting. I like putting these videos online for the whole world to see.
There are three sites that I regularly post videos online: Youtube, the Melrose Scouting Productions Podcast, and our troop’s website. Youtube presents the videos easily to the world viewing audience. The podcast allows anyone with a computer to download the videos. I consider the troop’s site to be the archive of the videos. The troop site contains more of my videos then the other two sites.
The videos on the Troop 68 site have been divided into six headings. The first is “Songs, skits, and other stuff“. This heading features the Boy Scouts of Troop 68 performing campfire songs and skits during their annual Laughs For Lunch Show. Videos from summer camp programs can also be found here.
The next heading is the “Activity Videos“. This is where I have placed the videos of trips to Philmont, the 2001 National Jamboree, and other troop events.
The “Yearly Reviews” futures slide shows of several years of the troop’s activities. So far there are only six of the twenty-seven years represented, but the goal is to get one made for each year.
The “Eagle Scout Videos” features slide shows of each troop member who has attained Scouting’s highest rank since the 1980’s. The videos include pictures from their years as a Scout in Melrose.
The “Promotional Videos and Commercials” is where you will find the videos produced by the national office and a couple councils. These are not videos that I made, they are videos I have collected over the last twenty years. So far, know one from the national office has asked me to remove them. I hope they don’t. I think it is great for people to still see these videos, most of which can no longer be found easily.
The final heading is where the videos of Buttons, the radical Boy Scout, can be found. These videos have been fun to make, although they do have there own special challenges to film. I have been very pleased to see a small fan base develop for Buttons. It seems that fans include anyone from Cub Scouts to adult Scouters. As Buttons would say, “Awesome, dude!”
The troop’s site currently contains sixty-nine videos. More videos will be posted as they become available. In fact, a new video starring Buttons should be posted this weekend. Watch for it.
I would like to take a moment to thank David H., a former member of the troop. Dave has provided the troop with its website, along with plenty of space to put all these videos which eat up a lot of bandwidth. The troop’s website would not be possible without David’s generosity. Thanks David!
I’m new to your site but check it often now. I love all the videos of scouting events. I’m an assistant cubmaster and den leader for pack 235 in Arlington Texas. And in my spare time I work as a photojournalist for the CBS affiliate in Dallas/Ft. Worth. Here is a story I shot at a pinewood derby a couple of years ago. Enjoy! Mike Kinney
http://cbs11tv.com/video/?id=6966@ktvt.dayport.com&cid=33
Thanks Mike. It is cool to see someone from Texas visiting the blog. By the way, I checked out your video… Nice job! Great news story about a Pinewood Derby.