SPORTS AT STAMFORD BRIDGE [Main Title]

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  • Title: SPORTS AT STAMFORD BRIDGE [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 309
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  • Summary: British Army sports at Stamford Bridge football ground in Fulham, London, early September 1918.
  • Description: All the competitors wear athletics kit and the stadium is quite full. There is a flat race, a pole vault, and a hurdling race. The teams parade around the ground led by a military band. More sports include the start of a long distance race, the finish of a sprint, another sprint, a long jump and a relay race. Some of the competitors are given medals and other awards, having changed into their Army uniforms.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: IWM 309
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor) Woods-Taylor, G (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: recreation, British military - sport: athletics (object name) 31/3(41) (event) GB, England & London, SW <Fulham & Stamford Bridge football ground> (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 142 ft; Running time: 3 mins
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