Australasian Gazette – 1st Chatswood Erects a Tower and a Rope Suspension Bridge (c.1923)
Synopsis
This newsreel clip from approximately 1923 shows the 1st Chatswood troop of Boy Scouts, which won the E Trenchard Miller Shield in that year, erecting a tower and suspension bridge and competing in boxing matches at an oval in Melbourne.
Curator’s notes
Newsreels were an integral part of cinema programming in Australia before the advent of television in 1956. Issued on a weekly basis, the newsreels enabled people to further engage with local and national political stories and events.
Cameramen from around Australia contributed stories to the Australasian Gazette newsreel and each state distributed a version that included local interest stories. This newsreel clip is an example of a local interest story that over time provides us a valuable record of the scouting movement and its place in Australian history.
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