Scouts Dig Up Cannon Balls (1959)

Titles read: “PORTSMOUTH - SCOUTS DIG UP CANNON BALLS“ Portsmouth, Hampshire. CU of different sized cannon balls ranging from 68 lb to 3 lb that were dug up from the ground by scouts. Two sea scouts wheeling barrow full of cannon balls which they add to a pile of others. They are selling them to raise money for the Baden-Powell Memorial Fund. Shot of cannon on deck of HMS Victory with balls on the right and left. Commander Cobham is seen on a muddy shore with scouts, digging up cannons from the ground. Several shots of them digging up the balls and washing them in the sea. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News