Movietone Takes a Look at Some of the Various Activities of the Horse

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British Movietone News

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Issue No.

2416

Date Released

21 Sep 1975

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1. 1Movietone Takes a Look at Some of the Various Activities of the Horse

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MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Horses. DESCRIPTION: The horse, man’s other greatest friend, whether for riding or pulling a plough, this noble beast still has a place in the era of the combustion engineFrom the European Three Day Event Championships at Luhmuhlen, Lucinda Prior-Palmer rides to victory in the individual title. The British team with HRH Princess Anne take the silver medalAnother member of the Royal Family who enjoys equestrian events, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh here seen driving four-in-handMost magnificent of all is the Shire Horse, Competition Ploughing shows these powerful horses at their bestA Metropolitan Police Horse may have to deal with many awkward situations in his working life but off duty they give displays at their annual show. SHOTLIST: GV Cross Country Horse Jumping event in Luhmuhlen - Germany, No 16 Jurgen from Netherlands. SV Mierzchowiecki (Poland) water jump, still. SV No 2 Carstens (Germany) water jump - spill SV No 46 Horgan (Ireland) water jump bad spill. LV No 29 Kalinin USSR difficult jump. SV No 1 Blocker Federal Republic of Germany. LV No 17 Princess Anne on Goodwill through water jump - OK. SV pan Princess Anne takes more jumps through trees - OK. SV pan No 44 Lucinda Prior-Palmer on "Be Fair" through water jump - OK. LV pan Lucinda Prior-Palmer past finishing line to win. SV crowd. ?V Prior Palmer receives gold medal. SV crowds applaud. SV Princess Anne receives silver medal. (247’) DUKE OF EDINBURGH CARRIAGE DRIVING - CARD 75/285 Cirencester Park TV Duke of Edinburgh steering carriage drawn by four horses in carriage driving contest (carriage driving). SV spectators. FV Duke of Edinburgh driving through water pan to BV. GV public house near contest course. FV Duke of Edinburgh arriving at pub driving carriage. (73’). SHIRE HORSE SHOW - CARD 75/141 Peterborough LV foal in long grass lying down, it jumps up and runs. SV pan shire horse being show to judges (Shire Horse Show). SV pan several horses on show. CU hoofs of shire horse. SV pan running with shire horse to show to judges. FV 2 shire horses pulling a wagon. SV ditto. CU hoofs walking. (45’). POLICE HORSE SHOW - CARD 75/287 Imber Court CU horse’s head (Police Horse Show). CU strap being tightened on saddle. CU policeman mounting. CU foot into stirrup. AS man on his horse. AS line of mounted police moving off. BV mounted police jumping fences in centre of cross formed by criss crossing jumping. FV mounted police jumping fence. SV man skipping with horse (rope goes under horse). SV pan police riding in pairs with third man standing on back of horses. LV pan police putting on jackets as horse jumps fences. SV mounted men jumping through hoops of fire in cross pattern. SV crowd applauding. GV police riding in formation round centre horse. (124’). SHETLAND PONIES - CARD 75/194 Hurse Green CU baby Shetland pony (new born ponies). SV baby pony walking by his mother. LV ditto mother. CU eyes of a pony. (28’). HORSE PLOUGHING CHAMPS - CARD 75/245 Mattingley, Hants SV horses lined up for ploughing competition. LV nose of horse. SV judges looking over hitched up horses team. CU horses in blinkers hitched up. BV team with ribbons on tails. SV man making final adjustment to strap. SV pan ditto another. LV pan a couple of teams starting off on ploughing. SV ditto pan horses pulling. BV from horse of plough & ploughman guiding plough. CU plough going in furrow. SV man leading horses. CU horses hoofs walking in furrow. LV team pulling plough. CU hoofs on ground. LFV team walking up farrow. AV team pulling plough along furrow. CU plough digging furrow. CU horses pulling. GV contest in progress. SV team pulling plough. BV ditto plough making nice furrow. CU horses legs. CU plough digging. SV ploughmen guiding plough & horses. CU hoofs of horses. SV ploughmen. FV team pulling. SV ploughman. SV team pulling. (197’).

Keywords

Royalty; Sport; Buildings and structures; Entertainment and leisure; Children; Agriculture; Competitions; Celebrations and festivals; Horses; Ceremonies; Animal husbandry; Animals; Exhibitions and shows

Locations

Germany; Luhmuhlen

Footage sources

Germany

Card file number

75/316

Credits:

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Commentator

Leonard Martin

Camera

Paul Kavanagh

Camera

Ray Gallard

Length of story (in feet)

701

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