Games on the Battlefield (2015)

Title: Games on the Battlefield

Original Title: Games on the Battlefield

Release Date: 2015-01-01

Status: Released

Rating: 4/10 (from 1 votes)

Language: EN

Genres: Documentary, War

Production Companies: ECPAD, Gaumont-Pathe Archives

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.