Women's Football c.1918: Restored to Life

A rare surviving film of women's football from 1918 - genuine archival footage, rediscovered and manually colorized to vivid life. A specially created soundtrack completes the immersive experience. Restored to life with 4K colorization and a brand new soundtrack to provide an immersive experience. This is a much improved enhancement of an earlier attempt I made in 2020. The link to the original is at the bottom of this description. Who's Playing and Where? Sterling Ladies FC vsVickers Crayford Athletic Club – Played at Southend Played on April 20, 1918, this hard-fought, undefeated matchup at Chalkwell Park in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, ended in a 2-2 draw. The first team in striking white tops and dark shorts is Vickers Ladies, made up of women working for the engineering firm Vickers, which manufactured guns, artillery, ships, and planes during the war. The other team, in white and navy tops with dark shorts, is Sterling Ladies FC of Dagenham – "The Invincibles" – made up of workers from the Sterling Telephone & Electrical Company. Maud Smith, the superstar center-forward for the Invincibles, scored 38 goals out of 103 in the previous season. You can spot her in the restored film wearing her trademark white bobble hat, which she keeps comically adjusting. The goal captured on camera was scored by Sterling player A. Tennyson. This match was covered by British newspaper The Sportsman, in its edition of Tuesday, April 23, 1918: "Played on behalf of the three war hospitals