Australian Football (1916)

Australian football played by soldiers.



Opens with shot of team with kangaroo symbols on shirts; pan to right across team. Shot of the other team (with the shape of Australia on their shirts) walking from building. Then a posed shot of that team. The Kangaroo team walk from building. Team captains flip for advantage. Then scenes of the game; pretty wild; intense; rough. A bunch of Aussie soldiers on a double-decker bus. Pan to left; showing more buses with more soldiers. CU top level of bus; with soldiers all waving. CU 2 soldiers with a girl in a uniform; all smiling; posing for picture.



Recreation. World War One. Military/sports.



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FILM ID:1860.17

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