Office Of Works Sports (1920-1929)

Office of Works Sports. Location of events unknown. A variety of sports events; both real and silly. High jump; men’s and women’s relay running race; tug of war; obstacle course type races w/ events such as crawling under blanket; sack race; blowing up balloons; etc. The typical sport of guys straddling log while hitting each other w/ pillows. Various shots of sack race in progress. Funny; wacky; contests. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British