THE GREAT GAME [Main Title]

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  • Title: THE GREAT GAME [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 519
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  • Summary: British propaganda film of the fight between British shipbuilders and German submarines explained as a football match, 1918 (?).
  • Description: The film opens with a Cup Final football match being played. Now there is "a sterner game - the World's Final - the freedom of humanity is at stake". On the German side are the submarines sinking cargo ships. On the British side are the shipbuilders launching new ones. A goal for the Germans is another sinking, a goal for the British a new launching. A final view of shipbuilders smiling at the camera.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 519
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 519)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Kinsella and Morgan (Production company) Kinsella, E P (Production individual) Morgan, Horace (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: propaganda, British - inspirational (object name) propaganda, British - practical (object name) recreation, British civilian - sport: football (object name) industry, British - ships (object name) combat, British naval - submarine [D] (object name) 31/3(41) (event) GB, England (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: English Subtitle language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 245 ft; Running time: 5 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 519

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