No More Knobbly Knees

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1887A

Date Released

5 Aug 1965

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Mechanical Arm for Postman
2. 2Beauty International
3. 3Services at Home
4. 4No More Knobbly Knees
5. 5Well Done, Jim!
6. 6Joust Like Old Times

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: No More Knobbly Knees. DESCRIPTION: Boy scouts may soon wear long trousers. Steps are being taken to modernise the Boy Scout Movement. If however, this revolution takes place, it will take about three years to complete. SHOTLIST: MS girl walking past. MS ditto. LS scouts on parade. Pan up scouts marching past. LS ditto. MS sea scouts marching past. TS scouts being inspected. MS foreign scouts on parade. LS scouts on parade. MLS scouts marching. CU scouts’ knees. Zoom out to scouts at attention.

Keywords

Organisations; Fashion and costume; Youth

Locations

England; Chatsworth House

Card file number

90003

Credits:

Camera

John Abbott

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

75

Story extras:

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