In 1940, a Scout by the name of James Kilgore made an 8mm film of Camp Boxwell, what we know today as the Boxwell at Narrows of the Harpeth.  Kilgore titled his film “A Day at Camp Boxwell” and apparently, this was a service project to receive his Brotherhood standing within the Order of the Arrow.

The film is a great source of what we know about Boxwell at the Narrows.  The capture below shows one of the many ways this Boxwell was different from the Boxwell we know.  At the Narrows Boxwell, the day started off with morning calisthenics.  So, instead of just getting up for a flag ceremony, Scouts at the Narrows of the Harpeth got up and then did morning exercises!

At the Narrows of the Harpeth Boxwell, Scouts awoke in the morning and assembled to do morning exercises. Scouts came as individuals then as well, not as troops. As a consequence, there were no Scoutmasters as this Boxwell!