FOURTH NATIONAL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA JAMBOREE 1957 VALLEY FORGE BELL TELEPHONE FILM XD14794

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This documentary account of the Fourth National Boy Scout Jamboree in 1957 also serves as a promotional vehicle for the Bell Telephone Company, who installed a complex of phone booths for the event. The film stresses a multitude of values inculcated through the summit, including martial masculinity, religious toleration, Cold War multilateralism, and the enjoyment of grilled hot dogs. (TRT 17:26). The National Scout jamboree is a gathering of thousands of members of the Boy Scouts of America, usually held every four years and organized by the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Referred to as "the Jamboree", "Jambo", or NSJ, Scouts from all over the nation and world have the opportunity to attend. They are considered to be one of several unique experiences that the Boy Scouts of America offers.

(0:11) Valley Forge, Pennsylvania in a snowstorm. A Betsy Ross flag flutters in the wind, canons are buried in snow. The narrator describes the difficult period of George Washington's winter encampment in 1777-1778 (0:40) Illustrations of the encampment (1:03) Title: Jamboree 3-7100. Produced by the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, Saluting the Fourth National Boy Scout Jamboree, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania - 1957 (1:26) The National Memorial Arch (1:46) Hundreds of scout tents (1:50) An aerial view of Valley Forge (2:21) "Fifty special trains" and buses carry scouts to the area (2:48) A highway sign for Valley Forge, Phoenixville (3:00) A Sign for the 4th National Jamboree - "More than 50,000 Boys from all America will camp on this historic ground" July 12-13 1957 (3:06) Boy Scouts walk in uniform, exiting a train (3:50) Gateways built by the Scouts, some constructed as giant figures - an American Indian man, a cowboy - preside over the event. The gates serve to identify the scout's regions of origin (4:54) Bugles are sounded in the morning. The sections raise and salute the flags of their respective nations (5:50) The mess hall flag is raised and troops grab rations to cook at on outdoor grills. A chef eats his own product. (6:45) Scouts wash dishes and clothes (7:08) Clothing is hung to dry, bedding is aired, tents and signs erected (7:40) Hot dogs are grilled; a meal is eaten at a long table (8:11) Scouts fishing, skeet shooting and at archery. A bullseye is hit. (9:28) "Log burling" - balancing on a log in a pool (9:42) A rope tying match (10:11) Walking "monkey bridges" - a rope bridge - and rails (10:33) An obstacle course, including the scaling of a wall and a scramble through rubber tires (10:51) A game of chess (11:23) A souvenir stand with pennants and scout badges (11:35) Scouts in feathered caps swap Scout badges (12:06) A leather drum is beaten as scouts imitate American Indian dances while wearing feathered caps (12:24) Pedro, the donkey mascot of Boys Life Magazine, eating hay. (12:40) A Scout peers at a U.S. Air Force aerial show through binoculars. "Do they grow aware as they watch of the heavy meaning of manhood in the jet age?" (13:43) A Continental Army brigade marker is read by two Scouts. "The boys will leave this jamboree with a clearer understanding of democracy, and of America" (14:02) A scout whittles a dowel (14:22) Scouts saluting (14:45) Scouts in telephone booths phone home at "The biggest temporary peacetime telephone setup in all history - 44 trunks, 315 stations and 71 telephone booths" (15:19) A Scoutmaster on horseback. The students attend church at 13 different services (16:01) A large outdoor church service, and sing "America, America" (16:51) A large seal with the image of a praying George Washington reads "Onward for God and My Country" (17:00) End title - "This film has been presented by your telephone company as a community service".

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