Games on the Battlefield

Synopsis

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.

Top cast

Kester Lovelace

Narrator

Nicolas Medad

Narrator

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