Wounded Soldiers’ Parade & Sports (1914-1918)

Wounded soldiers’ parade and sports event. Chingford, Greater London. Opens with shot of parade with soldiers riding on horse-drawn carts; crowd watching on pavement and waving. Boxing, 2 men, not looking too wounded jump and dance around the boxing ring; boxing in a very energetic way as a crowd of men watch. Mule race approaching - soldiers ride mules with funny names on signs around the mules’ necks. Cataloguer’s note: same or similar item to ’Hackney’s Treat for Wounded Soldiers’ in ON 057 R on *PM1872*. FILM ID:1872.2 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 Gaum