The South West Film and Television Archive (SWFTA) is the regional film archive for the South West of England. Established in 1993, SWFTA's core collection comprises of the combined programme libraries of Westward Television and TSW (Television South West). The archive also cares for a significant number of donated film collections, both amateur and professional, dating back to the early 1900s.
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International Jamboree in Credtion
An International Scout Jamboree transforms Lord’s Meadow in Crediton
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Overview
A British Boy and Girl Scouts’ event has been held at Lord’s Meadow in Crediton. TV reporter Gerald Haycock joins the festivities and tries some of the food cooked by the Anchorsholme Air Scout Group. In attendance are many scout groups from all-around the world including Sweden, Australia, America, China and Taiwan. The 15th World Scout Jamboree was set to be held in Nisapur, Iran in 1979 but was cancelled because of the Iranian Revolution.
In 1907 Robert Baden-Powell held a camp for boys at Brownsea Island in Dorset to trial his idea for creating a boys’ scouting group. After Baden-Powell’s Scouting for Boys was published in 1908 the first boy scout patrols were created. Robert’s sister Agnes Baden-Powell created the Girl Guides’ Association in 1910. Rosebuds was created in 1914 for under elevens and it was renamed Brownies in 1915. The first World Scout Jamboree was organised by the Boy Scouts’ Association in 1920 and held at Olympia Exhibition Centre in London.
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