Games on the Battlefield

Release Date: 2015-01-01

Runtime: 54

Languages: English

Rating: 4

Votes: 1

Genres: Documentary | War

Director: Anne Bettenfeld

Description: 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. ...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.Read More

Production Companies:

ECPAD

Gaumont-Pathe Archives