STK-ID 37108

Scout jamboree in Canada; Various shots of British West Indian Scouts playing calypso tune on their instruments. Shots of Australian Scouts, Scotch Scouts (in kilts), German Scouts playing on their guitars. LAS of French flag atop mast, TILT DOWN to Scouts and Guides doing folk dance dressed in regional costumes. Shots of orchestra, of Scout on stage, of band. MCS of Scout insignia done in grass on lawn. Shot of American Scouts (settlers) performing an interpretation of Indigenous dance. Shot of Scotch Scouts doing folk dance. Night shots of same dance, cowboys, chuckwagon, folk dances. CUs of feet dancing in folk dance. LAMS of three Israeli Scouts singing and playing musical instruments. LAS of Stars and Stripes flag, TILT UP to American Scouts (settlers) performing an interpretation of Indigenous dance, to cowboy playing drums. Shots of Scouts putting on African war dance. Night MS of American Scouts doing their "pioneeer" pageant with settlers imitating Indigenous people, cowboys and chuckwagons. Shot of Cuban Scouts orchestra playing folk tune and doing dance. Shot of English Scouts presenting skit on life in London. Shots of massed Stars and Stripes flags.

DETAILS

Excerpt from
Scout Jamboree
Location
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Year
1955
Collection
National Film Board
Available formats
Reel 35 mm, HDCAM SR, Digital Video Disk
Shooting format
35mm neg b&w
Aspect ratio
4/3, ANAMORPHIC_4/3
Available resolutions
1920 x 1080