Over the Top Girls

Series

Series Name: Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

264

Date Released

24 Jun 1926

Length of issue (in feet)

920

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

NoS Summary - ladies at Miss M. A. Bullows Riding School, Edgbaston.
NoS synopsis: "Studes at Edgbaston, Birmingham". "Miss M.A. Bullows, (right)has the distinction of being the only lady rider to win a Championship at Olympia - (as well as many other prizes)". A table laden with prize trophies. "It took our Cameraman a long time to panorama past the next view -". Cameraman pans across many women posing with horses. "Even the best jumpers have to walk before they run -". Lessons are given in the open air. "Then "over the top" -". Horses jump fences. "The "slow-camera" gives a new sensation to that "over-the-top-feeling"." Slow motion sequence. Ends with a shot of women relaxing and fooling around with a dog that jumps on the back of a Shetland Pony.

Researcher Comments

A short handwritten shot list of this item appears in the Pathe boxfile

Keywords

Sport; Women; Horses

Written sources

Kinematograph Weekly 1 July 1926 p30.
Pathe Inventory File Tin No.22
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP022
Pathe Eve 246-280 Boxfile Issue sheet
National Film Archive Catalogue

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Production Co.: British Pathe Ltd.

Length of story (in feet)

200

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