Events of 1951

Produced by the Publicity Department of The Scout Association. The film starts with footage of the bomb damage in the Borough of Bermondsey and Rotherhithe and the opening of the new Scout Headquarters for the District on 26 May 1951 by General Sir John Shea (County Commissioner for London), film time for this part is about 2 minutes 42 seconds. The rest of the film covers the Boy Scout musical show at the Royal Albert Hall, Visit to Clarence House by Scouts to meet Princess Elizabeth, Visit to Imperial Headquarters in Buckingham Palace Road and to meet the Chief Scout Lord Rowallan, Footage of the 1951 World Jamboree at Bad Ischl in Austria, Opening of the International Patrol Camp at Gilwell Park, Scout displays during the Festival of Britain on the South Bank of London and the Scout canoe race along the Thames. The film is from The Scout Association Archive for more infomation see www.scoutsrecords.org.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• BLITZ
• The Blitz
• SCOUT
• Scouting
• FESTIVAL
• OF
• BRITAIN
• ROYAL
• ALBERT
• HALL
• PRINCESS
• ELIZABETH