Greatest Jamboree

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

676-1

Date Released

7 Aug 1924

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Wierdest [Sic] Financial Problem in History
2. 2Greatest Jamboree
3. 3Boy Scouts Jamboree
4. 4Cowes Regatta

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

[SUBTITLE]: "12,000 Empire Boy Scouts give the Duke of Connaught the Grand Howl at Wembley." Boy Scouts dancing and in an open-air swimming pool. Duke of Connaught with Baden-Powell inspects Sea Scouts. South African scout marching past. Close shot of the Duke and Baden-Powell. March past. Mass of boy scouts surging across the arena to gather round flagstaff in the centre. They give Grand Howl. Highland band marches in. Pan shot of arena with scouts dancing eightsome reels in several groups.

Keywords

Organisations; Music and dance; Aristocracy; Youth

Length of story (in feet)

86

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Notes

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