Summary: 7th Battalion, the Black Watch, sports at Bailleul, Western Front, 10 May 1917.
Description: The sports are watched by the divisional GOC, Major-General Harper of 51st (Highland) Division, and by Field Marshal Haig. The pipe band marches past the watching troops. Haig, after looking around, leaves on horseback. The finish of the mile race is watched by the senior officers including Harper. There is also a wheelbarrow race, a race in gasmasks, a pillow-fight on a greasy pole, a race for local children, a race for bandsmen in full kit, and a tug of war. The prizes are given to the children by officers of the regiment, and to the men by Major-General Harper.
Production Details: War Office Cinema Committee (Production sponsor)
Topical Film Company (Production company)
Raymond, H C (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Haig, Douglas (person)
Harper, George Montague (person)
British Army, Black Watch, 7th Battalion (regiment/service)
Keywords: recreation, British military - sport: Highland games (object name)
01/3(4-15).6 (event)
Bailleul, Somme, France (geography)
Children (concept)