Archery In Finsbury (1938)

Finsbury, London. Various shots of women taking part in an archery contest in a park (Finsbury Park?). Teams from all over the world are taking part in the international competition. Commentator notes that there is only one entrant from Switzerland - “Maybe the Swiss prefer shooting apples off little boys’ heads“! 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), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.