Games on the Battlefield
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.
Director: Anne Bettenfeld
Cast
Kester Lovelace
Narrator
Nicolas Medad
Narrator
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Details
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release
- Jan 1, 2015
- Runtime
- 54m
- Genres
- Documentary, War
- Studios
- ECPAD, Gaumont-Pathe Archives
- Director
- Anne Bettenfeld