Games on the Battlefield

Storyline

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.

• Released

  2015

• Runtime

  54min

• Director

  Anne BettenfeldChristophe Duchiron

Genre

DocumentaryWar

• Status

  Released

• Language

  English

• Production

  ECPAD, Gaumont-Pathe Archives