- The castaways find two crates of silent film equipment in a sunken boat in the lagoon. The Professor then comes up with the idea to make a film telling their story, send it out on a raft, and hope for rescue.
- While floating on a raft on the lagoon, Gilligan (Bob Denver) comes rushing back to shore calling that he's seen a ship. Unfortunately, he's seen it fifteen feet underwater and very wrecked, which makes it hard to raise and sail back to Hawaii. Fortunately, while diving on the wreck, the Skipper (Alan Hale Jr) notices a few crates that they might be able to salvage, so the Professor devises a bellows to help Gilligan and the Skipper to dive to the wreck. Raising the crates, the Castaways find a Silent Movie camera and other equipment that once belonged to South Sea Film Productions. Mr. Howell (Jim Backus) recalls the company belonged to Ricardo Laughingwell and his wife Fifi LeFrance who had vanished on a honeymoon cruise. The Professor (Russell Johnson) believes they should be able to use the equipment to help them get rescued by filming a recreation of the shipwreck and sending the film on a raft to the mainland. Mr. Howell directs the scenes with Gilligan and the Professor on camera, including a passionate scene between Ginger (Tina Louise) and the Professor, and Gilligan playing a native who takes Mary Ann (Dawn Wells) prisoner. When they try to show the position of the island, everyone jumps into the frame to give their own point of reference, except Mrs. Howell (Natalie Schafer), who shows off her wardrobe to the camera. However, during their review of the result, the film turns out to be a badly edited hodgepodge of scenes printed upside down, sped up, slowed down, overlapping and even a segment over-exposed by Gilligan opening the door to the dark room. Although the result isn't pleasant to watch, the Professor reminds them the film is only to help them get rescued. Several days later, the Castaways hear a report on the radio about a strange film that won first prize submitted anonymously at the Cannes film festival. Although everyone is upset that the film didn't get them rescued, Gilligan is hopeful that the prize is a motorcycle.
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