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GUISBOROUGH GRAMMAR SCHOOL SENIOR SCOUTS ATTEND NORTHERN COUNTIES JAMBOREE AT KESWICK
1946
1946-01-01
DetailsOriginal Format: 16mm Colour: Black & White Sound: Silent Duration: 4 min 35 sec Credits: Organisation: Guisborough Grammar School Genre: Amateur
Subject: EDUCATION ENTERTAINMENT / LEISURE RURAL LIFE
Summary An amateur film made by members of the Guisborough Grammar Senior Scout Section of them along with a troop from York representing the Scouts of the North Riding at the Northern Counties Jamboree at Keswick, August 1946. The camp was situated at the base of Skiddaw and was attended by around 1200 Scouts from across the globe.
Description
An amateur film made by members of the Guisborough Grammar Senior Scout Section of them along with a troop from York representing the Scouts of the North Riding at the Northern Counties Jamboree at Keswick, August 1946. The camp was situated at the base of Skiddaw and was attended by around 1200 Scouts from across the globe.
The film opens on a group of boys and a girl sitting on the bank of a hill eating. General views of the group descending a rocky slope and walk along a craggy path;...
An amateur film made by members of the Guisborough Grammar Senior Scout Section of them along with a troop from York representing the Scouts of the North Riding at the Northern Counties Jamboree at Keswick, August 1946. The camp was situated at the base of Skiddaw and was attended by around 1200 Scouts from across the globe.
The film opens on a group of boys and a girl sitting on the bank of a hill eating. General views of the group descending a rocky slope and walk along a craggy path; possibly Shape Edge leading to Blencathra.
The film cuts to a campsite where a boy is cooking food on a camp fire. The film cuts to another boy chopping wood. Three uniformed Scouts stand together; a badge sown onto one of the shirts reads “Cumberland & Westmorland Jamboree”. A group of boys walk along the craggy edge. A general view shows five tents pitched in a field.
Two boys row a boat containing four others on a lake, possibly Derwent Water. The film cuts to show a boy chopping wood. A man stands by a fast flowing river.
The film cuts to show the sea crashing onto a craggy shoreline. The film ends with a man walking through sand dunes towards the camera.
Context Keswick Camp, August 1946
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