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Novel Military Sports at Reading - Football in Sacks and 'donkey Derby' Prove the Most Attractive Events (Original title)
Date: 1915 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom



Shotlist: Main title. Men competing in sack football while spectators cheer and wave (43); pairs of men compete in the wheel barrow race, one supports the other's legs while the latter races along on his hands; they pass under wooden supports to end the race whereupon bags of flour fall on them) (55). Various shots of competitors in the 'donkey derby' attempting to persuade their donkey into enclosures before mounting them (84ft).

Genres:
Sport, Newsreel

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Releases
Date: 1915not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SilentLength: 84 Feet