| 200 YEAR OLD FOOTBALL (aka SHROVE-TIDE FOOTBALL) a traditional football match through the streets. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5401 |
| Catalog #: | 514974 | |
| Clip Number: | 514974-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1581 | |
| Timecode: | 01:47:04 - 01:49:02 | |
| Location: | Ashbourne, Derbyshire. | |
| Year Shot: | 1929 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CEREMONIES: Historic / Traditional CROWDS: Misc. HOLIDAYS: Shrove Tuesday LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Derbyshire SPORTS/SOCCER: Unusual | |
| Description: | 200 YEAR OLD FOOTBALL (aka SHROVE-TIDE FOOTBALL) a traditional football match through the streets. Ashbourne, Derbyshire. M/S of lots of people crowded together in a field, a man throws the football into the crowd and they all run after it. L/S of them fighting for the ball, various shots as they run across fields and into the river. "Shopkeepers take no chances at Chester-le-Street." M/S of a man holding the ball on a balcony, people are trying to climb up the sides of the shops to get it, he throws it back into the crowd. L/S aerial view as they run around the streets. "Shrovetide football. Whole town takes part in game which has no rules and whose origin is lost in mists of our ancient history. Ashbourne, Derbyshire. " L/S as the game continues with the whole town running madly across the grass Various shots of boys in the river throwing the ball to each other. | |
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