1,000 Soldier Athletes In Allied Cross-Country Race (1916)

1,000 soldier athletes in Allied Cross-Country Race near Paris, France - 1916. DS looking over stands and track as runners start. Runners approach camera; scrambling across ditch through stream; water splashing; referee shaking water off his coat. Longer shot same; after crossing water they turn and jump over wall. Then repeats from beginning: DS runners coming down field; then shot of runners crossing stream; going over wall. New shot: winner runs toward camera; closely followed by one other runner; as he comes in a few men in coats walk after him. 401B FILM 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