Games on the Battlefield

Name: Games on the Battlefield
Director: Anne Bettenfeld
Genre: Documentary, War
Released: 2015-01-01
Duration: 54 min
Rating: 4
Cast: Kester Lovelace, Nicolas Medad

Directed by Anne Bettenfeld

Documentary

War

20150h 54m4.0

Overview

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.