Bampton Fair (1955)

Bampton, Devonshire. L/S of a man boarding up a house window. Cut to L/S of a busy street where several men are seen unloading a van full of leather horse saddles and stirrups. C/U high angle shot of the line of stirrups on the street. Sign on the van reads “G. Phillips & Sons“. Several shots of the market stalls on the street and people browsing around. Cut to a L/S of a truck unloading ponies and crowd watching. Ponies are the main reason as well as the central event of this gathering. Bampton fair is the annual pony fair. An average of 250 ponies are sold each year at the fair mainly for riding. M/S of the ponies getting off the truck. L/S of the ponies being herded into a pen. C/U shot of the ponies’ heads. L/S of the people gathering around ponies watching them. M/S of a man ringing bell - an auction is about to start. L/S of auctioneer’s stall and the crowd. Ponies are being paraded in front of the crowd and bid for. The sign above the auctioneer’s stall reads “no cheques accepted“. Most