| CELEBRATES THE ADVENT OF LENT WITH CENTURIES OLD FOOTBALL GAME Men of Alnwick, Northumberland, plat football to celebrate the coming of Lent. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5332 |
| Catalog #: | 511881 | |
| Clip Number: | 511881-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1269 | |
| Timecode: | 01:44:52 - 01:45:34 | |
| Location: | Alnwick, Northumberland. | |
| Year Shot: | 1926 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | HOLIDAYS: Shrove Tuesday LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England RECREATION: Games, unusual SPORTS/SOCCER: Unusual | |
| Description: | See also catalog # 511880 All the men of the village play a huge game of football, a tradition to celebrate the coming of Lent. The game has very few rules and most men appear to play in their suits and flat caps! Alnwick, Northumberland. M/S of a group of men standing outside a castle, a bagpiper stands in the middle of them. M/S of the group of men walking up the driveway of the castle, a man in a top hat and tails passes one of the men a football. M/S of the procession of men coming through a large arches gate, crowds of children and men follow them. M/S of a crowd of men and boys, they surround a man holding a football, the man kicks the ball and they all swarm forward. Various shots of the game being played in a field, there appears to be a sort of goal post in the foreground, it has been decorated with greenery. | |
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