World News Items: New South Wales Jamboree

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1233
Date Released
19 Jan 1953
Date submitted
13 Jan 1953
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 7
Section Title
World News Items
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: World News Items - New South Wales Jamboree. DESCRIPTION: The great jamboree held near Sydney, New South Wales, drew eleven thousand Boy Scouts from fifteen different countries - an impressive assembly indeed. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Elevated GV scout camp. Scouts march past camera in their various groups representing their countries, UK represented. Old Scouts display their proficiency badges, also young scouts. Singaporean scouts carry lump of ice. Lithuanian scout sit round novel table with feet in trench. Native scouts dance Samoan dance. Hong Kong scouts give a dragon dance (large head of a dragon). Elevated GV of the mass scouts congregated.
Keywords
Organisations; Music and dance; Entertainment and leisure; Children; Ceremonies; Exhibitions and shows; Youth
Locations
Sydney
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
58403
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel Marson
Length of story (in feet)
90
Story extras:
Film clip

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'World News Items: New South Wales Jamboree', British Movietone News Issue No. 1233, 19 Jan 1953. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/18319 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)