Games on the Battlefield
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.
Genre: Documentary, War
Actors: Kester Lovelace, Nicolas Medad
Director: Anne Bettenfeld
Country: France
