Youth Group Camping in the 1950s - Archive Film 1054312

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Amateur home movie of a Crusaders Union summer holiday in East Anglia, U.K, 1950's.

Camp with tents. Boys on buses. Tigger the Dog gets front seat. Attaching Crusaders flag to front of bus.
Norfolk Broads. Rear of bus going along country lanes. Bus going through village and along tree-lined road.
Group aboard a boat. Boat trip and one of the boys dangles his legs overboard. Swans on water. Sailing boat. Passing boats. Windmill on the shore. Boat moors and boys queue for their lunch and are handed apples. Group sat on the bank. Back aboard the boat. A man in striped blazer pets Tigger the dog. More boat traffic.
Close up of poppies.
Junior House Party at Bembridge. Pigs in pen.
Beach and coastal Views. Visit from 'Abdul Bulbul …' One of the boys pretends to blow a horn. One of the leaders dressed up as Abdul arrives followed by the rest of his party in costume. The boys lined up bow to him as he passes. Suddenly Abdul and party run off and the boys follow. Cricket game.
Close up of Building with C.U. shield above door. Canteen/Dinging room and boys have lunch. Cricket game with others watching. 'Rag Editor' Man sat with open notebook laughs at his own joke.
Boys in the sea. A small rock surrounded by water on which boys climb. Boys have a rest on cliff top. Group listen to leader reading.
Sign 'Westbrook'. Kit inspection at camp. Leader retrieves items from between blankets including bottles. Boys rub their tummies.
Boys with towels make their way down to beach. On the beach the boys make a dam of sand, in the distance a ship at sea. Boy looks through telescope. Small model ship made from stones.
Boys play mini golf in the garden and ground. Trolley loaded with luggage.
Wellsprings Station. Group boarding ferry. Ferry leaving port.
Footprints left in the sand.
Verse by Longfellow qoted on screen.

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