Scouting’s 70th Anniversary

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2552

Date Released

30 Apr 1978

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Scouting’s 70th Anniversary. DESCRIPTION: An Exhibition at the Baden-Powell Museum in London celebrates the 70th Anniversary of the Scouting Movement, and depicts the Life and Times of Lord Baden-Powell. Our Archives show the start of the Movement on Brownsea Island in 1907. We also visit Ireland for a 70th Anniversary Jamboree attended by Scouts from all over the World. SHOTLIST: GV Baden-Powell House, London. CU exterior statue of Baden-Powell. Library Material - CU Baden-Powell. MCU portrait Baden-Powell in 13th Hussars uniform. CU ditto. CU book ‘Pig Sticking’. CU book ‘Matabele Campaign’. CU Baden-Powell on horse. MS ditto. Zoom out saddle. Pan up BP uniform. CU book ‘Aids to Scouting’. MCU plaque with ‘Fleur-de-Lys’ symbol on it. CU ditto. MS pan books zoom into Mafeking book. CU newspapers ‘Hero of Mafeking’, MS Order of Companion of the Bath. CU ditto. Zoom out picture Wimbledon Common Windmill to book ‘Scouting for Boys’. Zoom the Scout magazine. Pan model of camp on Brownsea Island. Library Material - GV camp on Brownsea. MS BP walking in uniform. LS scout in field display. MS scouts erecting tent. LS ditto. Zoom out photograph of Wolf Cubs. MS photograph - BP and family. Library Material - CU BP watching march past at Jamboree CU. Pan ditto. MCU BP watching. GV scouts marchpast. CU badge with walking stick. CU sea scout design on stick. CU badge scout design on sticks. Zoom out of collection of walking sticks. CU scout flag. Pan scout camp - Knock Mealdown Mountains, Ireland. LS ditto. Pan scout chopping wood. CU scouts peeling vegetables. MS scout cooking. Pan scout tastes cooking. GV scouts assemble. MS ditto. LS scouts build rope bridge. MCU bridge under construction. GV completed bridge. Library Material is Black and White.

Keywords

Commemorations; Organisations; Celebrations and festivals; Youth

Locations

London; Republic of Ireland

Footage sources

Library

Card file number

78/63

Credits:

Camera: Denis White
Commentator: Leonard Martin

Length of story (in feet)

392

Story extras:

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