Ireland Expects (1924)

Cross Country running in Ireland. Title: “IRELAND EXPECTS ... every athlete to be ’fit’ for the Tailteann Games. Are YOU in training? Panning shot along a row of athletes (all young men) hugging themselves from the cold, race officials collect their scarves and overcoats. L/S of about a hundred athletes running across a field. L/S of the athletes vaulting over a fence. M/S of more athletes vaulting the fence (some cheat and duck under!). M/S of the athletes running past a crowd of spectators, they have to hop over a trip wire close to the ground, a man takes a photograph of them. M/S of the winner reaching the finishing line. C/U of the winner being held up on the shoulders of well-wishers - he looks exhausted. 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