Games on the Battlefield
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Games on the Battlefield

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2015
0h 54m
movie
DocumentaryWar

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.

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Director / Creator: Anne Bettenfeld
Kester Lovelace
Kester Lovelace
Narrator
Nicolas Medad
Nicolas Medad
Narrator

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