Release Date
2015-01-01
Status
Released
Original Title
Games on the Battlefield
Runtime
54 min
Original Language
EN
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
ECPAD, Gaumont-Pathe Archives
Overview
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.
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