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EARLS COURT AHOY!
Pictures show some of the newest craft on show at the Boat Show at Earls Court. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for...
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THE QUEEN'S VISIT (WORCESTER)
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THE ROYAL VISIT TO HULL - NO SOUND
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NO MORE KNOBBLY KNEES
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. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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SEA RANGERS' ROYAL VISITOR
After being received by Admiral of the Fleet Sir Algernon Willis, Princess Margaret embarked in a gig manned by Sea Rangers. The gig took Princess Margaret to the 132 year old frigate ""Foudroyant"" and as Commodore of the Sea Rangers...
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HIS HOLIDAY AWHEEL
Since it looked promising on Good Friday, out from towns streamed the cyclists, seeking sun, air and exercise in the countryside. What a rest cure are those wide horizons. How ennobling to the mind the gracious expanses of rural...
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ATHLETES OF LAKELAND
Set amid the rolling, rugged hills on the Westmorland Cumberland border, has been a major sporting centre for well over a hundred years. Pictures show various events in the 1965 Grasmere Games. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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THE DUKE TALKS TO WORLD YOUTH FORUM
At the Royal Albert Hall a large crowd of children listen to child delegates from thirteen countries. Mr Frank Owen in the Chair introduced the Duke of Edinburgh. Other speakers were Anthony Eden and Mr Attlee. Disclaimer: British...
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WE REMEMBER AND GIVE THANKS (in colour)
Whitehall, and Her Majesty, with Prince Philip and the Duke of Gloucester, took her place at the Cenotaph to lead the Commonwealth's tribute to the fallen. This year, we were saluting not only the glorious dead of two World Wars, but...
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HOMAGE TO ""BP"" - SCOUTS VC
3,500 Boy Scouts and Girl Guides rallied at Nyeri, in Kenya to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Lord Baden-Powell. The salute was taken by Sir Richard Bevan. Twelve year old Ivor Franks of London, awarded the Cornwell Badge (the...
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MOSCOW DANCES
Another chapter in the Moscow Youth Festival. Folk dances with delegates from many countries entertaining their hosts - and each other - with a kaleidoscope of choreography and quaint costumes. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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ROCKING THE KREMLIN
At the Youth Festival in Moscow, a dozen bands played and people danced in the squares. Hit tunes and jitterbugging had a great time. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the...
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SCOUT WEEKEND
Gilwell Park in Essex - setting for this year's Scout and Guide international week-end. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are...
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QUEEN OPENS LOCH LOMOND
The Queen in Scotland for the opening of the huge Loch Lomond Water Supply Scheme - costing around £12 million pounds so far. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video...
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BADEN POWELL BUST
The Annual General Meeting of the Girl Guides Association and Princess Margaret is there to unveil a bronze head of the World's Chief Guide, Lady Baden Powell. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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ST. GEORGE'S DAY IN MALTA
The Maltese Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Association, held their annual St. George's Day Parade in Valletta. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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BOB-A-JOB
Four enterprising cubs arrive at the Maidenhead Town Hall to clean the Mayoress's shoes and Mayoral Chain of Office. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata...
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JAMBOREE
Seventeen thousand scouts attended the Pan Pacific Jamboree in Victoria. The Chief Scout, Lord Rowallan greeted many troop leaders from all over the world. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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THE ST. JOHN'S REVIEW
The Queen went to Hyde Park to review the St. John Ambulance Brigade, she was received by the Duke of Gloucester. Princess Margaret was also present. The marchpast, of more than twenty members, lasted three quarters of an hour....
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AFTER CAPETOWN - THE ROYAL TOUR
One of the stops on the Royal Tour as at an Ostrich Farm where the Queen clipped some feathers which were gifted to her. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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THE QUEEN'S SCOUT PARADE
At Windsor Castle HM the Queen reviews Queen's Scouts from UK and the Commonwealth. In the Parade are 900 Venture Scouts who have won the Queen's Scout Award. Also present are Handicapped Scouts who have overcome their physical...
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SCOUTING'S 70TH ANNIVERSARY
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. ®...