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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: https://goo.gl/W4hZBv Explore Our Online Channel For FULL Documentaries, Fascinating Interviews u0026 Classic Movies: https://goo.gl/7dVe8r #BritishPathé #History #Camping Subscribe to the British Pathé YT Channel: https://goo.gl/hV1nkf (FILM ID:2444.13) 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 u0026 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 breakfast at long table. Tent inspection: boys finish tidying tent; they exit as inspectors enter. MS several boys peeling potatoes. 2 boy cooks put puddings in pot over fire. 3 lines of boys play leapfrog. Midday swimming: boys dive off diving board; then from wall. Swim race: boys dive in; pan on swimmers all the way to finish line. Boys carry food to be cooked. Leaders carving the meat. CU man blowing small horn to announce dinner. Campers running to tables. Cook dishes up potatoes in white basins. Boys and men eating at long table. Boys carry puddings to table (looks like suet sausages). Puds being chopped up and tent captains queuing for their quota. Boys hang over river bank to wash dishes in the water. One poor boys is 'tossed in the blanket' to