ECPAD & Gaumont-Pathe Archives present

Games on the Battlefield

Name: Games on the Battlefield
Genre: Documentary, War
Released: 2015-01-01

directed by Anne Bettenfeld & Christophe Duchiron

201554mDocumentary

ECPAD & Gaumont-Pathe Archives present

Games on the Battlefield

directed by Anne Bettenfeld & Christophe Duchiron

201554mDocumentary

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Documentary · War

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.