
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.
Genre: War, Documentary
Actor: Kester Lovelace, Nicolas Medad
Director: Christophe Duchiron, Anne Bettenfeld
Country: France
Produced By: ECPAD, Gaumont-Pathe Archives
Runtime: 54
Release: 2015
Rating: 4 out of 10
Language: English, en,
Views: 83
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Quality: DVD
Also known as: Games On The Battlefield: How World War I Invented Sports
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