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The 1st Chatswood troop of Boy Scouts erects a tower and suspension bridge and two scouts compete in a boxing match at an oval in Melbourne.
Curator’s notes
The scouting movement began in England and was founded by Lord Baden-Powell. It didn’t take long for it to spread across many countries around the world including Australia in the early 1900s and now there is a World Scout Committee based in Geneva, Switzerland. Being based on encouraging boys’, and now boys’ and girls’, mental, physical and social development, the scouting movement has played a large role with Australian youth.
As this black-and-white newsreel is silent, intertitles are used to explain what is visible on screen.
