Titles read: 'Famous Football Clubs in Training No. 4 - Preston North End".
Preston, Lancashire.
Shots of a huge crowd watching a football match.
Various shots of the line-up of Preston North End football team. Several shots of the team in training.
We see trainer William Scott massaging the leg of a player while he lies under a sun lamp.
Back on the pitch we see various shots of team players: Jack Pears, Robert Kelly, Bud Maxwell, Frank Beresford, William Tremelling, ? Hough and goalkeeper Harry Holdcroft. Some shots of the players in action are slow motion.
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