Candlemas Ball Game (1943)

Full title reads: “CANDLEMAS BALL GAME“. Candlemas, Deadborough, Scotland. In the town of Deadborough in Scotland the shopkeepers board up their windows. Various shots of a game of handball between two sides of the town. Game is played in the street - the men, mainly youngsters, chase after a small ball aiming to get it over the wall at each end of town. (Mute & Track Negs.) (Dublin Reel) 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 websi