Over a century ago, filmmakers Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon
roamed the British Isles filming the everyday lives of people at
work and play. discovery of recent times. This title offers an
opportunity to see and learn about sporting action at the turn of
the century. A selection of sporting highlights from the Mitchell
& Kenyon Collection, it brings together some of the earliest
surviving films (1901-7) featuring the titans of professional
football, cricket and rugby whilst also rediscovering the
Corinthian spirit of amateur sport and leisure in Edwardian life.
Liverpool, Hull, Kingston Rovers, Everton, and Blackburn Rovers
football teams are all featured, alongside a swimming gala in North
Shields, the AAA championships of 1901 and the Mold cricket
controversy - an early 'chucking' storm with an Australian umpire
at its centre.
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