The New Boys

The New Boys

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1974

Runtime

0h 28m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

The New Boys

Production Companies

ONF | NFB

Director

John N. Smith

Description

This short documentary takes us to St. John's Cathedral Boys' School, at Selkirk, Manitoba, one of the most demanding outdoor schools in North America. As the school can’t accommodate every student wishing to enroll, boys of 13 to 15 years old are put through an initiation tougher than they have ever faced. They paddle canoes through some 500 kilometers of wilderness in 2 weeks, portaging and camping all the way, thereby learning vital outdoor lore, cooperation and self-confidence.