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Documentary
1938
9mins

Directed by A. Frank Bundy

United Kingdom
No Dialogue with English subtitles

Scouts, sticks and potato peelers

Be prepared for quarter-staff play, lassoes and a lot of potato peeling in this fun portrait of 1930s scout camp life.

Don't let the punning title and tongue in cheek commentary fool you - this playful portrait of camp life is very much in favour of the scouting movement. An aging Robert Baden-Powell himself is on hand to sign off the film, extolling the virtue of outdoor activity for boys' health and remembering an earlier time when a man in shorts was seen as "positively indecent".