Musical Ride (1955)

Kensington, London. Members of the Household Cavalry are seen riding through Kensington Palace Gardens. Various shots of trumpeters on horseback. L/S and C/Us of the Household Cavalry as they perform the “musical ride“. They ride in formation - presumably to music. Hannibal the Drum Carrier is the only special horse in the parade - C/U of Hannibal. Narrator recounts the history of the musical ride. Lances take the place of swords during the parade. 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 Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the en