B-P's Jamborees, 1920-1937

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B-P at the World Jamborees,
1920-1937



1st World Jamboree Olympia, England, 1920	2nd World Jamboree Ermelunden, Denmark, 1924	3rd World Jamboree Arrowe Park, England, 1929


4th World Jamboree Gödöllõ, Hungary, 1933	5th World Jamboree Vogelenzang, The Netherlands, 1937

Still photographs from archival newsreel footage are from the documentary film, Scouts! The Rise of the World Scout Movement, Michael Murphy, producer, Churchill Films, 1986. The film includes archival footage and stills from the collections of the British Scout Association, the Boy Scouts of America, the Scouts of Canada, the British Film Institute, the National Film Archive, Washington, D.C., the Library of Congress Film Archives, EMI Pathe, British Movietone, Visnews, the Bettmann Archive, the Mansell Collection, the National Army Museum and the Imperial War Museum.

HISTORY OF THE WORLD JAMBOREE

Number	Year	Host Country	Attendance	Countries	BSA
I	1920	England	8,000	34	301
II	1924	Denmark	4,500	22	56
III	1929	England	50,000	69	1,300
IV	1933	Hungary	26,000	46	406
V	1937	Holland	29,000	54	814
VI	1947	France	24,000	38	1,151
VII	1951	Austria	13,000	41	700
VIII	1955	Canada	11,000	71	1,500
IX	1957	England*	32,000	82	1,700
X	1959	Philippines	12,000	44	309
XI	1963	Greece	14,000	88	621
XII	1967	United States	12,000	105	4,435
XIII	1971	Japan	24,000	87	7,947
XIV	1975	Norway	17,000	91	2,500
XV	1979	Iran (Cancelled**)	----	----	----
XV	1983	Canada	15,600	102	3,936
XVI	1987-88	Australia	14,634	98	3,063
XVII	1991	Korea	19,083	135	1,010
XVIII	1995	Netherlands	23,960	119	1,889
XIX	1998-99	Chile	31,000	157	1,141
XX	2002-03	Thailand	30,000	157
XXI	2007	United Kingdom****


*		The IX World Jamboree commemorated the 100th anniversary of the birth of Baden-Powell and the 50th anniversary of British Scouting.
**		The XV World Jamboree was scheduled for the summer of 1979 in Iran, but was cancelled because of political unrest in the country.
***		December, 1998 to January, 1999.
****		The XXI World Jamboree commemorated the 150th anniversary of the birth of Baden-Powell and the 100th anniversary of the World Scouting Movement.

OTHER JAMBOREE LINKS

		Scouting will celebrate its 100th Anniversary at the 21st World Scout Jamboree to be held in Chelmsford, Essex, England hosted by the UK Scout Association. The motto of the Jamboree is "One World, One Promise."
		Imperial Jamboree, Wembley Park, 1924. Held in conjunction with the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley, the Jamboree brought together over 12,000 Scouts from the Commonwealth.
		History of the World Jamborees from ScoutNet UK courtesy of Alan Houser and Troop 24, Berkeley, California. This is also available from the UK Scout Association Fact Sheet "Jamborees of the Past."
		The Jamboree Page: Links to Jamborees and Other International Scouting Events. From Alan Houser and Troop 24, Berkeley, California.
		World Jamboree Badges, 1920 to 1955. From ScoutBase UK, the official site of the Scout Association. Pictures and details of the World Jamboree badges from the past.
		The Boy Scouts of America held their 1st National Jamboree in July, 1937 just prior to the 5th World Jamboree at Vogelenzang. Home Page of the 1st National Jamboree provides links to an extensive gallery of photos and articles about the Jamboree.

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