WATFORD MANUFACTURING COMPANY SPORTS (ledger title) [Main Title]

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  • Title: WATFORD MANUFACTURING COMPANY SPORTS (ledger title) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 284
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  • Summary: Propaganda film of a company sports meeting in Watford, summer 1918.
  • Description: The factory workforce (looking remarkably clean) emerges from the gates at the end of a shift, and goes on to the sports. These are a mixture of foot races, handicap races, obstacle races and a tug of war for men and women. None of the competitors wears athletes' clothing, and the absence of young men of military age becomes increasingly noticeable.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 284
  • 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:
  • Keywords: recreation, British civilian - sport: athletics (object name) 31/3(41) (event) Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK (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: 1021 ft; Running time: 18 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 284

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