GRAND SCOUT RALLY HELD ON SHOW GROUNDS EPSOM MARCH 20TH 1926

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1926
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Year
1926
Reference
F7973
Media type
Moving image

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Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Actuality
Duration
0:03:50
Production company
NEW ZEALAND RADIO FILMS
Credits
Camera: Edwin Coubray

Scouts and Wolf Cubs perform at a rally at the Epsom Show Grounds. The rally is attended by the Dominion Chief Scout, the Governor General, Sir Charles Fergusson, Mr R C Grigsby, District Scout Commissioner for Auckland, and Captain John D. Campbell, Commissioner for the Cook Islands.
The boys perform a haka of welcome for the Governor General.

009:27 “Grand Scout Rally held on Show Grounds Epsom March 20th. 1926”
010:06 “The Dominion Chief Scout the Govenor (sic) General, [Sir Charles Fergusson] inspects the troops.”
010:11 “The occasion was a notable one for the Boy Scouts’ Association.l It was the largest rally of Boy scouts and Wolf Cubs held in the North, since Lord Jellicoe inspected a Grand Rally in Auckland two years ago.”
010:27 “Mr. R.C. Grigsby District Scout Commissioner for Auckland.”
010:32 “Captain John D. Campbell, commissioner for Cook Islands, who was in charge of the recent jamboree held at the Dunedin Exhibition.”
010:46 “The Dominion Chief Scout arrives.”
010:53 “The Royal Salute”
011:01 “Taking up his place on the Council Rock.”
011:05 “The Haka of Welcome”
011:09 “He Is A Chief! Yes, He Is More Than A Chief, He Is A Taniwha!”
011:19 “His Excellency takes the Salute in the March Past.”
011:54 “Inspection.”
012:04 “The round up.”
012:35 “The Chief delivers his Address.”
012:49 “The Wolf Cubs:- [The junior branch of the Boy Scouts.]
012:53 “Form a Council Circle”
012:57 “Giving a lively interpretation of Rudyard Kiplings “Jungle Book” in their Grand Howl.”
013:02 “Akele-dyb-dyb-dyb-dyb.”
013:03 “Do your best.”
013:05 “We’ll-doh-doh-doh-doh.”
013:06 “We’ll do our best.”
013:10 “The Bagheera dance. Each had personifying the familiar figure of the Black Panther.”
013:17 THE END