United Service Sports

Series

Series Name
Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.
294-2
Date Released
14 Apr 1917
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Belgian Soup Kitchen
  2. 2King’s Maundy Money
  3. 3Mechanical Horse
  4. 4United Service Sports

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
[SUBTITLE]: "The Southern Counties CC hold a sports meeting in aid of the Comforts Fund. The Irish Guards winning the inter-regimental team race and C Berger the cycle handicap." Start of cycle race. Race in progress. Cyclist poses for camera on his bicycle. Start and finish of long distance running race. Close-up of two competitors plus man in uniform who points out the winner.
Keywords
Sport; Fundraising; Cycling; Military
Length of story (in feet)
57

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Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
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Phone
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Address
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Notes
The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
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