• Jan 01, 2015
  • 54 min
  • Full-HD

Games on the Battlefield (2015)

Built on archive footage – much of it previously unseen – this film reveals one of the most unexpected legacies of the First World War -- popular participation in sports, once the realm of the elite. For four years, sport represented a welcome respite from the killing fields of Europe.

Category
Country
France
Companies
ECPAD Gaumont-Pathe Archives

Kester Lovelace

Narrator

Nicolas Medad

Narrator

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