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Missing the "outing" part of Scouting? For those long days of social isolation, there are a bunch of movies that feature Scouting. Some of them are pretty awful, but some are still classics, and some will make you never want to camp again!

Here's a handful that are links to their amazon pages so you can check them out.
This list is in rough order of Most Appropriate to Least Appropriate for scouts to watch - review them before showing scouts.

Are one of these your fav? There are a lot more, so please add any other suggestions you have...

• Adventure Scouts
• Follow Me, Boys!
• Up
• Room for One More
• Are You Tougher than a Boy Scout? (1 season)
• Boy Scouts of Harlem
• Down & Derby
• Troop Beverly Hills
• Troop Zero
• Moonrise Kingdom
• Scout Camp
• Troop 491: The Adventures of the Muddy Lions
• Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts
• Scouting for Adventure (5 seasons)
• Scout's Honor
• Scout's Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
• The Wrong Guys
• Edge of Honor free (1991)
• Drum Taps free (1936)

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While not Scouting specific, here's 101 free videos about outdoor sports and cultures to pass the time. They are of various lengths and quality...

1. 7 Stages - skiing - 41:44
2. Amo - Easter Island - 7:08
3. Ascending Afghanistan - Afghan women issues and mountain climb - 43:33
4. Age of Ondra - Part 1 - Adam Ondra - 20:57
5. AoO-2 - part 2 - 30:22
6. AoO-3 - part 3 - 27:53
7. Artifishal - saving wild salmon - 1:19:55
8. Aziza - ultra-running - 6:30
9. Bawli Booch - Downhill Biking India - 4:30
10. Beautiful Idiot - mountain biking - 14:41
11. Beneath the Ice - ice climbing and climate change - 16:48
12. Blood on the Crack - rock climbing - 9:49
13. Blood Road - Ho Chi Minh Trail bike ride - 1:34:59
14. Blue Heart - protest European river dams - 43:59
15. BMX Nigeria - city BMX riding - 12:12
16. Break on Through - rock climbing - 29:03
17. Brotherhood of Skiing - black skiers - 10:11
18. Brothers of Climbing - rock climbing - 7:18
19. Camel Finds Water - building a boat - 8:37
20. Carving Landscapes - reenactment of woman researcher - 6:13
21. Charge - snowski tricks - 4:37
22. Chasing a Trace - searching for wolverines - 20:01
23. Chasing the Sublime - cold water swimming - 6:40
24. Children of the Columbia - skiing and history - 21:23
25. Climb Your Dreams - short poem - 2:29
26. Circle of the Sun - skiing Norway - 5:03
27. Danny Daycare - bicycling Scotland spoof - 4:10
28. Defiance - snowboarding - 12:37
29. Dream Job - skiing - 14:41
30. Dreamride 3 - mountain biking - 6:00
31. Eclipse - freeski - 31:24
32. Electric Greg - climate change and mountain sports - 19:14
33. Eli - ultrarunning - 5:18
34. Emil Johansson's Story - mtb rider's illness - 24:52
35. Escape - cross-Canada bike ride - 8:01
36. Facing Sunrise - hiking - 8:51
37. Fast Horse - bareback horse racing - 13:10
38. Fell Runners - trail running - 17:17
39. Flip - base jumping - 3:13
40. For the Love of Mary - 97yrold runner - 6:17
41. Free Flow - trail running, free climbing - 4:15
42. Frozen Mind - snowboarding - 33:15
43. Frozen Road - bike ride in Canada - 24:30
44. Good Morning - red bull snow ski - 4:18
45. Grizzly Country - protecting habitat - 11:46
46. Holocene - climbing and skiing - 12:14
47. Hourya - paragliding - 9:24
48. How to Run 100 Miles - mountain ultramarathon - 28:14
49. Ice & Palms - bikepacking - 32:00
50. Imaginary Line - highline between US and Mexico - 10:38
51. Kai Jones - 11yr-old snow skiing - 5:18
52. Ladakh Project - whitewater kayaking - 14:11
53. La Grave - free skiing - 17:00
54. Last Honey Hunter - cliff climbing for honey - 35:51
55. Legend of Rafael - bicycling - 6:51
56. Lhotse - first ski descent - 23:00
57. Life of Glide - snowboarding - 15:45
58. Life of Pie - two women bikeriders - 11:47
59. Liv Along the Way - mountain climbing - 22:21
60. Lorax Project - basejumping - 34:38
61. Loved By All - Apa Sherpa - 13:50
62. My Mom Vala - fishing Greenland - 9:45
63. Mother Earth - mountain biking - 5:43
64. Motivator - meet my mom - 4:26
65. Narics - snowboarding - 18:21
66. Nordic Skater - ice skating - 5:26
67. Okpilik - interview with woman - 4:57
68. Out on a Limb - prosthetic foot for climber - 21:20
69. Over Time - skiing - 7:20
70. Par For The Course - Mirnavator hike - 3:39
71. Perspectives - mountain biking - 5:20
72. Redstone Pack - dog sledding - 5:22
73. Refuge - steelhead fishing - 6:04
74. Ride of the Dead - Mexico mountain biking - 11:53
75. River's Call - whitewater kayaking - 7:45
76. RJ Ripper - Mountain Biking in India - 19:00
77. Rotpunkt - rock climbing - 50:27
78. Running Pastor - trail running - 8:14
79. Sacred Strides - running for Bears Ears - 12:20
80. Safe Haven - indoor rock climbing- 7:49
81. Silence - rock climbing - 17:40
82. Ski Photographer - skiing - 8:49
83. Skier Vs Drone - drone & skiier race - 4:08
84. Sky Piercer - skiing - 43:57
85. Solstice - skiing - 3:56
86. Speak to Me Softly - rock climbing - 6:14
87. Standing Man - FTK MTB attempt - 13:05
88. Surface - ocean photography - 7:07
89. Surviving the Outback - a month in Australia wilds - 59:49
90. Thabang - trail running in Africa - 13:15
91. The Botanist - building hydroelectric to survive - 20:04
92. The Frenchy - 82yrold ski racer - 14:19
93. The Moment - mountain biking - 1:17:05
94. The Passage - canoe the Inside Passage - 25:19
95. This Land - running - 10:32
96. Treeline - forest communities - 40:16
97. Up To Speed - speed climbing - 22:30
98. Valley of the Moon - climbing - 21:38
99. Wallmapu - skiing - 5:50
100. We Are Abel - life of caribou hunter - 8:35
101. Wolf Pack - trail running - 12:23

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While being socially distant and helping to Flatten That Curve, scouts can give these relevant merit badges a look since they pertain to our current environment:



There are also a lot of merit badges that include quite a bit of self-study for the requirements. With extra time on their hands, here's a bunch that any scout can make good progress on individually with no need to leave home:



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