Item title reads – Eton Wall game. St. Andrew’s Day celebrated with the customary enthusiasm between Collegers and Oppidans.
M/S of young men walking along wearing shorts, jackets, hats, long scarves and wellingtons. Various shots of them chasing a ball on the ground by the wall.
This clip features a young George Orwell (verified by Orwell biographer D.J. Taylor)
FILM ID:248.37
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Said to be the only film footage available of author George Orwell (pen name of Eric Blair), that we know of. At about 0:19, Blair is the fourth from the left.