Still from At The Old Berkeley Point-To-Point Near Kimble
United Kingdom
English
00:29:37
700 ft
16mm
B&W
Silent
"At the Old Berkeley for the Point to Point race for hunting horses, crowds have gathered, some people stand whilst others sit on carts to watch the event. The entertainment includes marching Scottish bagpipers. There is a line of tote stands for betting. The riders mount up and line up at the starting point. The race begins, the horses and jockeys complete the course. Many of the jockeys are seen following the race, and the horses are wiped down. The second film is of another Berkeley Hunt, a fox is in the bushes, panting heavily. The fox hounds are exercised and returned to their kennel. Fox hound puppies, the next generation, come out of their kennel to feed. At Solesbridge the riders and hounds gather for the hunt. The hunt progresses across the land until the bugle is blown, the fox has gone to ground and the men dig up the earth in search of the fox. The fox hounds suddenly surround the hole, the fox has been caught. A rider taunts the hounds with the foxes head. Several other hunts are featured, the riders and hounds crossing the countryside attempting to track down the foxes. Crowds, riders and hounds gather outside Latimer House, awaiting the start of a November hunt and there are similar scenes at Bovington. At Scatterdell youngsters are blooded as is the tradition for novice riders. A race is about to begin at Amersham Broadway, as the riders and hounds make there way through the streets and into the nearby countryside. At Great Hampden crowds and riders and hounds gather, similarly at Hartwell House, crowds, hounds and riders meet before setting off. The film ends with the cutting up of a fox, the body is tossed up in the air for the hounds leaving a young boy left holding the fox's tail" (EAFA Database).
IAC Film Library Catalogue (Silent and Sound). Institute of Amateur Cinematographers, 1991.
This film is part of the Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Collection held by the East Anglian Film Archive, Norwich, UK.
Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Collection, East Anglian Film Archive
Amateur Cinema