NIGHT PAN AREA AROUND LAKE ITASKA, NORTHWESTERN
MINNESOTA, SOURCE OF THE MISSISSIPPI

FARM BOY SNEAKING AWAY TO SAIL HIS BOAT, CLIMBS
WOODEN FENCE, LOOKS BACK OVER HIS SHOULDER. CU
BIG BROTHER PEERS OUT FROM BEHIND TREE, HIDING,
FOLLOWING HIS BROTHER THROUGH THE WOODS, TO THE
RIVER.

CU BIG BROTHER, HIDING BEHIND A TREE SMILING

CAMERA FOLLOWS SMALL SAILBOAT GOING DOWN THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER, THROUGH FOREST, PASSES A
TURTLE ON A ROCK, THROUGH CUT-OVER TIMBERLANDS,
THROUGH "RAPIDS", SOUTH DOWN RIVER VALLEY

TWO PRETEENS, BLACK BROTHER & SISTER RUNNING
THROUGH WOODS TO THE GULF OF MEXICO, NEW ORLEANS

CHILDREN PLAYING COWBOYS & INDIANS IN THE WOODS
LITTLE BOY, OF CHIPPEWA INDIAN DESCENT DISCOVERS
SAILBOAT STUCK IN THICKET.

BOY DELIVERING HIS FATHER HIS LUNCH STOPS TO WATCH
BOYS PLAYING BASEBALL

POV WATCHING TREE FALLING

SHOP OWNER USING TONGS TO TAKE HAND CRAFTED
SOUVENIR OUT OF WINDOW DISPLAY. CU MINIATURE
TOTEM

CAMERA FOLLOWS SAILBOAT DOWN RIVER, PAST POWER
LINES, URBAN, INDUSTRY, CITIES ALONG THE RIVER,
LOW ANGLE RAILROAD TRAIN CROSSING BRIDGE HIGH
OVER THE MISSISSIPPI

CU RURAL MAILMAN DELIVERING MAIL, PUTTING MAIL
INTO MAIL BOX FROM HIS TRUCK. RURAL DELIVERY

DREDGING MACHINE SCOOPING, DEEPENING A CHANNEL
DREDGING THE RIVER

PRETEENS SET THE SAILBOAT DOWN RIVER AGAIN
IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. ATTACH KIDS BOAT TO
TUG BOAT

POV ON BOARD HUGE WIDE BARGE GOING DOWN ST.
LOUIS RIVER

HS PAN WATERWAY LOCKS ON ST. LOUIS RIVER

NEWLYWEDS IN EARLY 1950s CONVERTIBLE TURNING
AROUND & WAVING GOODBYE TO WEDDING GUESTS

POV IN CAR PASSING WISCONSIN DAIRY FARM

FARM BOY RUNNING ACROSS FARM TO BARNS

SHIP'S LIGHTS FLASHING IN THE NIGHT, WARNING OF
FLOATING, UPROOTED TREE IN THE RIVER. SMALL
CHILD'S SAILBOAT'S LINE SNAPS, BOAT GOES FREE
TUG BOAT RUNS OVER SMALL TOY BOAT

PRETEEN TOW HEAD RIDING HIS BICYCLE TO CHURCH

PRETEEN BOY RIDING HIS BICYCLE DOWN RURAL
COUNTRY DIRT ROADS, BOY PULLS UP TO HIS DRIVEWAY,
THROWS BIKE BESIDE MAIL BOX, RUNS TO GET IN
FATHER'S TRUCK. FAMILY OUTING TO DUBUQUE WITH
HEIFER, COW IN BACK OF TRUCK

CU TRIO OF TOW HEADS LISTENING FROM OUTSIDE

ECU FARMERS BIDDING, RAISING THEIR HANDS. LOW
ANGLE AUCTIONEER, BANGS GAVEL, "SOLD"

CU COMPASS

FOUR BOYS RUNNING INTO SHIPYARD

POV LOOKING THROUGH WIDE CEMENT SEWAGE TUNNEL
BOYS GET YELLED AT "HEY, WHERE DO YOU KIDS THINK
YOUR GOING?" BOYS LOOKS AROUND FRIGHTENED

SAILBOAT'S ROUTE SUPERIMPOSED OVER SAILBOAT

HS GIRL RUNNING ACROSS SLABS, CHUNKS OF ROCKY
BEACH TO SAILBOAT. CU LITTLE GIRL TYING TOY
RIVERBOAT TO THE SAILBOAT & SETS IT DOWN RIVER

CU PRETEEN BOY SHOUTS "HEY! WHAT'S THAT DOWN
THERE?" TWO BOYS, BLACK & WHITE PRETEEN FRIENDS
RUN TO SHORE, FIND SAILBOAT, FOLLOW THE SAILBOAT
DOWN THE LEVEE

PRETEEN IN FLOODED TOWN CLIMBS OVER PILE OF
FLOOD SACKS, CAN'T REACH SAILBOAT. SAILBOAT
SAILING DOWN FLOODED MAIN STREET USA. BOAT LANDS
ON FRONT STEPS OF FLOODED HOUSE, AS WATER GOES
DOWN, BOAT IS SET FREE

KID RUNS TO FRIENDS HOUSE, YOUNGER KIDS PLAYING
ON SWING SET, SHOWS FRIEND SAILBOAT, "LET'S GO
LAUNCH IT PAUL". FRIEND, PRESSURED BY KIDS HE'S
PLAYING WITH SAYS NO. PEER PRESSURE

LS PRETEEN BOY WALKING WITH SAILBOAT, HIS FRIEND
COMES RUNNING, CHANGED HIS MIND, TWO BOYS RUN
DOWN TO LAUNCH SAILBOAT.

TOY SAILBOAT ARRIVING IN NEW ORLEANS. POV PASSING
NEW ORLEANS PORT. CRANES LOADING FREIGHTERS

CU SAILBOAT DRIFTING DOWN LOUISIANA BAYOU
CAJUN BOYS IN ROW BOATS SPOT SAILBOAT. CU
ALLIGATOR'S TAIL SWAPS SAILBOAT, BOYS CAN'T GET
SAILBOAT

FLEET OF SHRIMP BOATS NEARING & PASSING CAMERA
GETTING BOATS OUT OF WAY OF TROPICAL HURRICANE

TWO KIDS PLAYING ON TRAIN TRACKS, BOY BALANCING
ON RAIL. LITTLE GIRL RUNS DOWN TO REEDS, SPOTS
SAILBOAT, FREES THE BOAT

CU SMILING LITTLE BOY WITH HEAD DOWN READING
LETTER

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