Hockey Season Opens (1924)

Ireland. Title: “HOCKEY SEASON OPENS. Railway Union and Y. M. C. A. meet in their opening Match at Park Avenue“. M/S of a male hockey team posing at a group, with their sticks, on the hockey pitch. M/S of another men’s hockey team also posing as a group - they seem in a jovial mood, some of the men rest their arms on their team mates’ shoulders. M/S of the start of the match - the two captains toss a coin to see who gets first hit of the ball. Various M/Ss of the match in progress - they play on a pitch on a municipal park, there are no spectators. 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), Briti