Arsenal (1929 film)
When several ex-Forest players joined the side they brought with them their old red football jerseys and it was decided that the most economical way to kit out the team was in the same colour. The expressionist imagery, perfect camera work and original drama took the film far beyond the usual propaganda and made it one of the most important pieces of Ukrainian avant-garde cinema. The iconic Arsenal kit of red football shirts and white sleeves first appeared in 1933 when then manager Herbert Chapman devised the design in an attempt to create a more distinctive strip for his team. The film was shot at of with the camera of legendary cameraman Danyl Demutskyi and using the original sets made by Volodymyr Muller. Gooners are equally as passionate about their preferred away kit colours and almost unanimously opt for yellow and blue - a colour scheme that gained popularity in the 1970s. Country Soviet Union Language intertitles Arsenal : Арсенал, also alternative title January Uprising in Kiev in 1918 is a Soviet by Ukrainian director.
