Office Of Works Sports (1920-1929)

Office of Works Sports - Raynes Park, London. Silly races & contests as well as various real sports at the Office of Works sports day - late 1920s. Activities include running races; high jump; tug of war; women’s 3-legged race and egg & spoon race; and a comic obstacle course race w/ young men crawling under tarp; jumping in sacks; blowing up balloons. Ends w/ CU prizes being awarded. Funny; wacky; etc. More on ON 339 C. 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 vie