Still from Riding and the Countryside via EAFA
United Kingdom
English
00:14:27
375 ft
16mm
B&W
Silent
"Footage from the Princes Risborough Show, including riding variants on ‘school sports day’ contests, riding variant of musical chairs, and an inter-hunt giant ball pushing contest" (EAFA Database).
Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Collection, East Anglian Film Archive
"Footage of Eunice Alliott feeding horses in the paddock of a hunting stables in Great Missenden. Shot of a horse jumping fences in the paddock at Great Missenden. The rider is possibly Eustace Alliott. Footage taken from horseback of a ride in the Buckinghamshire countryside. Footage from the Blairavon Show (Beamond End, Little Missenden, Buckinghamshire) including shots of the ‘Tally Ho’ and ‘Nimrod’ coach teams, some of the competitors and fences in the show jumping event for boys under 16, riding variants on ‘school sports day’ contests involving both young boys, girls and teenagers. The film also includes footage of three demonstration jumps by Captain Webber on his horse Seaplane filmed simultaneously at normal speed and in slow motion. Footage of Mr Knowles demonstrating how to open and close a gate on horseback. Footage from the Rat Catcher’s Show (no date) comprising shots of one competitor in a show jumping competition. Footage from the Great Missenden Horse Show of 1935, including female riders and their horses, a riding variant of a sack race contest involving young men and women; show jumping, some shot in slow motion; prize giving by Stanley Barratt; passengers on board an old times coach, the coach leaving the show. Shot from the Market Hall in Amersham of an old times coach passing the Hall" (EAFA Database).
Amateur Cinema