Multimedia Archives - Football and the First World War

Churchman Football Cigarette Cards 1914

CHURCHMAN FOOTBALL CIGARETTE CARDS 1914 W.A. & A.C. Churchman was originally established in 1790 by William Churchman and originally sold small pipe tobacco from their shop on Hyde Park Corner in Ipswich. It was not until 1888 that the company began producing ‘white cigarettes’ and were soon producing more than 20,000 an hour with newly-installed […]

British Unifroms, Equipment and Weapons of the First World War

BRITISH UNIFROM, EQUIPMENT AND WEAPONS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR

Domestic Football Photographs from the First World War

England and Wales Football League and Southern League Team Groups View Scotland Scottish Football League Team Groups View

Domestic Football Photographs from the First World War

Team Photographs Football League, Southern League and Scottish Football League Team Groups View Match Photographs British Domestic Football Match Action View

Football Photographs from the First World War

Domestic Football Photographs British Domestic Football during the First World War View Military Football Photographs Football in the Forces during the First World War View The War Photographs from the Front View

Military Football in World War 1

MILITARY FOOTBALL DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR Sport has always been an integral part of life in the British military and the First World War was no exception. Whether played as part of an organised inter-unit competition or a quick ad-hoc kickabout behind the lines, football was by far the most popular form of recreation […]

Football on Film

FOOTBALL ON FILM Britain has a rich history in cinematics, with the world’s first moving picture being shot by Frenchman Louis Le Prince in the Yorkshire town of Leeds in 1888. From there, the celluloid film was developed and the first 35mm camera was built and patented. By the turn of the 20th Century, Blackburn-based […]