French boy scout retrace explorer's route (30/06/1949): shots of four French boy scouts (men) being received by the French Consul General in Montreal, Mr and Mrs Triat, of boy scouts and Mr Triat chatting. CU of Triat. CUs of Philippe Andrieu, Yves Korbondau, Jacques Boucharlat, Jean Raspail as they talk with Triat. Shot of men planning trip on map, leaving the Triat residence after farewells. Sequence on men folding their camp, lowering French flag, preparing to leave Ile Sainte-Helene. Sequence on men shoving off in two canoes. BOATING SHOTs of paddlers. HALS of men starting on their 4 500 mile trip to retrace Marquette and Joliette's trip down the Mississippi River.