National Hunt Meeting (1930)

Item title reads - National Hunt meeting. Fashionable crowds at steeplechasing’s “Ascot“ see Britain’s best chasers and amateur riders compete for record prizes. Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. M/S’s as crowds watch the horses and jockeys being led around the field. L/S as they walk up the course in a line, M/S as they warm up. Various shots of them at the starting gate, they set off. Various shots of the race as they jump the first fence, the camera follows the leader. Various shots as they jump the fences, one horse falls and looks in distress. L/S of the race from the crowd, and from the front as the horses race up the field. M/S of two riders together, M/S of one horse and rider, presumably the winners. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the R