Living Chess Issue Title Is Cockles To Chuckles (1936)

Location of events unknown. Sir George Thomas and “master tactician“ Capablanca play game of chess with human chess pieces. Good C/Us of Sir George and Capablanca. The two opponents stand on either side of giant chess board on garden lawn. At their command children dressed as chess pieces move across board. Slightly bizarre. 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 viewed on the British Pathé website.