| 'SPEEDING UP' THE SHELLS Metropolitan Railway War Service Corps Sports Day | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5107 | |
| Catalog #: | 365468 | |
| Clip Number: | 365468-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 23 G | |
| Timecode: | 01:00:52 - 01:01:46 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1916 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CONTESTS: Recreational (Tug O War, Sack Race, etc) LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England RECREATION: Games WORLD WAR ONE, MILITARY: R & R, Rest and Relaxation | |
| Description: | 'Speeding Up' the Shells - blindfold race for wounded soldiers and wheelbarrow race with 18 PDR Shells at Metropolitan Railway War Service Corps Sports Day Opens with blindfold race: wounded soldiers race against women (without blindfolds); all running toward camera; ribbon stretched across finish line; with man in FG holding the ribbon. Runners coming fast--many women running in long skirts (and one falls down); men in either long trousers or shorts (and one guy looks like he's in drag) and all blindfolded. Pretty funny; silly; wacky. Next; another strange (& dangerous?) race: guys run across park pushing wheelbarrows--very nice old wheelbarrows; that look all wood. They stop the wheelbarrows and each picks up 18 powder shells from the ground. Shot of man loading shells into wheelbarrow; pan to next man. Shot from finish line of man running toward it pushing the barrow; crossing line. | |
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