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Title reads: “Shrove Football“. Atherstone, Derbyshire. C/U back view of Scholfield, the Birmingham footballer, throwing ball to crowd in street from balcony, marking start of traditional Shrove Tuesday football game. Various shots of crowd, mainly of young men, pushing and shoving to get the ball, some fights break out. The game takes place in high street, most shops have boarded up their windows to protect them from the scramble. Several policemen try to keep order in crowd, one has his helmet knocked off. C/U winner, a young man named Sammy, with the deflated ball. 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
