I apologize if this post doesn't fit the scope of this website, but I'm looking for help identifying the provenance of this boat model. I recently purchased this model that was used as a prop in a film, but which film? The boat originally had a motor that drove gears that caused the oars to row. I have one oar and an oar handle with a doll's forearm attached (visible in the photos). I surmise that the large appendage below is a buoyancy chamber to cause the boat to float at the correct depth. The wood is very weathered, and the wire is brittle, so I guess that it is from the 1930's to the 1960's. Any suggestions as to which film the boat is from? I found a photo of a similar whaleboat model from Moby Dick (1956) (model maker Babs Gray). That boat had the same buoyancy chamber below, but the hull was lapstrake, not smooth, and there were ten oars, not four (made in the same model shop, perhaps?). Another possibility is Lifeboat (1944) for which Fred Sersen did the visual effects. The lifeboats in Titanic (1953) may be a match to this one; four oars, smooth sides, double pointed ends, mechanical puppets and oars (visual effects by Ray Kellogg). The whale boats in Down to the Sea in Ships (1949) look like a possible match to this model. There are short tubes (about ¼-inch diameter X 3 inches long) attached to a spar which is in turn attached to the bottom of the hull in which a guide wire ran. The spar sticks out about eight inches beyond each end of the hull. Ideally, I'd like to find a still photo of a model boat from a specific film that I can match to my model. Thank you.