Boys Camp: Cuckoo Weir (1920-1929) | British Pathé

Watch this rare silent footage of boys from Eton School in the 1920’s camping at Cuckoo Weir and swimming in the river. For Archive Licensing Enquiries Visit: Explore Our Online Channel For FULL Documentaries, Fascinating Interviews & Classic Movies: #BritishPathé #History #Camping Subscribe to the British Pathé YT Channel: (FILM ID:) Boys’ Camp - Cuckoo Weir, exact location of events unknown. Opens w/ morning ritual: camp leaders in pyjamas stride past row of wigwam tents; burst into the tents; wake boys; drag them out on their blankets. Men pick up briefly-clad / naked boys - swing them by their hands & feet; toss them into the river. (Probably meant to be funny at the time, it looks pretty disturbing viewed in 2002.) Leaders wake up the rest of the camp; boys emerge from tents; come running; dive; jump or climb into the water; start swimming. L/S of food being prepared at cooking tent. Next; boys (now clothed) eat breakfas