HI299 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Wellington House, Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish Football Association
Document Summary
Sports history: sport during the first world war. Trench construction and front line duties were physically demanding. Athletes who joined the war had a distinct advantage. Physical fitness meant survival, but also an emotional release. Arthur conan doyle: appealed football players to volunteer for service, recruited men and women at sporting events, worked with charles masterman, war propaganda bureau, promoted britain"s interest in the war. Sport was a dominant message of wartime propaganda. Often conveyed a message far removed from reality. The army isn"t all work: physical culture in the evolution of the british army, 1860-1912 (2012: james d. campbell. Recruitment also focused on ideas around athleticism and physical motion. Sporting clubs used social gatherings to aid the war effort. Sports were also used to make games for children. The object of the toy football game was to score on the german kaiser. In britain, football was the most widely used sport in recruitment drives.
