News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

251-2

Date Released

17 Jun 1916

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Preparations for Alexandra Day
• 2. Russia’s Great Offensive
• 3. Royal Engineers’ Military Sports
• 4. London Actresses Making Munitions
• 5. Review at Vincennes

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

[SUBTITLE]: "The Kent Field Companies RE make a special feature of Wrestling and tug-of-war contests by men on horse back at their sports at Maidenhead." Horses and men are seen in line, those nearer the camera pulling from their opponents in the background. Further shots of the contest. Shots of men wrestling while on horseback.

Keywords

Sport; Wrestling; Animals; Military

Length of story (in feet)

60

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk

Web

http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web

Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7580 7503

Address

21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN

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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