Police Aa Sports (1931)

Full title reads: “Port Sunlight. Police AA Sports. ’Roberts’ from all over Britain compete in 4th Annual Championships.“ Port Sunlight, Merseyside. Shots of men competing in Cumberland wrestling. Shots of man putting the shot. Good shots of man doing the long jump. Shots of tug of war competition. Shots of police and civic dignitaries reading event programme. N.B. AA stands for Amateur Athletics. Police are nicknamed ’Roberts’ after their founder Robert Peel. 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 conte