| IRISH GUARDS' SPORTS MEETING Irish Guards compete in sports meeting during the First World War. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5127 | |
| Catalog #: | 366217 | |
| Clip Number: | 366217-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 84 I | |
| Timecode: | 01:06:28 - 01:07:15 | |
| Location: | Europe | |
| Year Shot: | 1918 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CONTESTS: Recreational (Tug O War, Sack Race, etc) LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Misc RECREATION: Games, Tug Of War | |
| Description: | Irish Guards' Sports Meeting; during World War One; 1918. Opens with tug of war in progress. Next a shot of guys on another's shoulders; the men on top try to knock each other off with dustmops -- one guy is getting the best of another; a crowd behind a fence watches and laughing soldiers in uniform act as referees. The same sort of unequal match here; in a short shot of a men straddling a pole over water and the other hanging from it by arms and legs and being pummelled with a sack full of something. Cut to another pair in the same "sport"; one guy falling into the puddle. Ha ha slapstick comedy silly sports etc. Women's race follows -- women in uniform run toward camera & finish line. | |
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