Games on the Battlefield
Games on the Battlefield

Games on the Battlefield

January 01, 2015 | 54 min

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.

Genres

Documentary War

Cast

Naomi Scott

Kester Lovelace

Naomi Scott

Nicolas Medad

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