This 1961 film produced by the Boy Scouts of America tells the story of a family on Hickory Street who is brought closer together by their son joining the Cub Scouts. The son causes trouble and the parents do not know how to deal with him. They both show a lack of interest in him, which hints at the origin of his behavior. He decides to join the Cub Scouts and wants to work on a project together with his dad who reluctantly agrees. This brings them both closer together and his behavior improves.

0:08 a boy walking down Hickory Street, 0:48 “Boy from Hickory Street”, 1:01 the boy plays near a construction site and is told off, 1:43 the boy dropping plates, being shouted at by his parents, followed by them talking, 3:47 parents sit at a PTA lecture about child discipline, 5:13 a second speaker steps on stage and begins talking, 6:43 parents come home and discuss among each other, 7:47 the father tries to interact with his son by catching a football, intrusively helping him while he is building something, looking over his shoulder while he is playing piano, 9:39 the dad reads the newspaper as his son and a friend play football, 10:04 the child gives himself an electric shock while working on a contraption, 10:37 the child is playing piano while the parents talk, 14:00 the boy and his father sitting at a cub scouts meeting, 15:40 the mother and the Den Master speaking, 16:02 the father and the Cub Master speaking, 16:55 a boy runs down the street in his Cub Scouts Uniform, 17:33 boys playing games at a Cub Scouts meeting, 17:57 the mother and her child arriving at the meeting, 18:58 the boys introduce themselves at a round table, 20:01 the boys do arts and crafts at the round table, 20:45 the Den Master and the mother talk, 22:40 the father and the son have an argument in the living room, 23:32 the dad is working on his car in the garage and speaks with the Cub Master, 27:33 the father looks around the house for his son and finds a broken rocket, 28:33 the father answers the phone and continues looking for his son, 28:53 he finds his son asleep on the desk and begins talking to him, 30:40 the son and his dad working on a new rocket together, 31:12 the father and son playing football together, 31:37 “The End” Produced by the Boy Scouts of America 1961

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