Clapton's Khaki Team (1915) - First World War | BFI
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Clapton's Khaki Team (1915) - First World War | BFI Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetotheBFI. In this Topical Budget newsreel we see Clapton Orient football team - based in East London, and rechristened Leyton Orient following WWII - in action. After playing their last match of the season, ten of the Orients players join the Footballer's Battalion. This was the affectionate term for the 17th Middlesex Regiment during WWI, which famously comprised many professional footballers. More videos about the First World War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOGU5cEHyfg&list=PLXvkgGofjDzid2ODxnNojodGZS9Lovxox For more information about Topical Budget newsreels, visit: http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/583128/ All titles on the BFI Films channel are preserved in the vast collections of the BFI National Archive. To find out more about the Archive visit http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections For information about the BBC Learning campaign 1918-2008: Ninety Years of Remembrance, marking the 90th anniversary of Armistice, visit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/remembrance Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BFI Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BritishFilmInstitute Follow us on Google+: https://plus.google.com/+britishfilminstitute/ More about the BFI: http://www.bfi.org.uk/ -
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Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-kAjhlrtSE
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