Under Canvas (1936)

Full title reads: “Under Canvas - Duke of York at Southwold Camp“. Suffolk. Various shots of Prince Albert (Duke of York, later King George VI) watching boys’ tug of war match. Lots of press photographers take pictures. Industrial Welfare Movement runs camp for boys from “Industrial centres and public schools“. Various shots of Prince (dressed in shorts) at tree planting ceremony. Crowds watch Prince plant Cornish Elm in honour of his long association with Southwold. Various shots of group of teenage boys from camp and the Prince singing ’Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree’. Good C/U of Prince doing actions to song. M/S of boys singing another camp song (title unknown). 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,