Games on the Battlefield

2015 | 54 minutes | 0.0 ★ (0)

Games on the Battlefield
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    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.

  • Release Date

    01 January 2015

  • DirectingAnne Bettenfeld
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