Listen to the wonderfully clipped tones of the commentator and the attempt at wit by his companion and you'd swear that Harry Enfield's 90s creation Mr Cholmondley-Warner really was alive and well in the 30s. This instructional film, one of a series of seven sponsored by the FA, could easily have been too dry, but the commentary and the sight of top players from West Bromwich Albion and Arsenal, such as Ted Drake and Jack Lambert, keeps you hooked.

To confuse things, there was another series by the same name, ‘Association Football', made in 1948, also sponsored by the Football Association.

Two commentators discuss control techniques used in football, with the help of slow-motion and stop-frame photography. West Bromwich Albion players are seen during a practise game and the various methods of ball control are noted: trapping the ball, stop volleying and controlling the ball with the head and chest. One player demonstrates the techniques involved in heading the ball. Players from various teams are shown passing the ball with the head, heading a goal, passing with the inside and outside of the foot, back-heeling, dribbing and making dummy moves.