Eve at the Round-up

Series

Series Name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

511

Date Released

19 Mar 1931

Length of issue (in feet)

859

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Snipped from "Stand up and Sing" the new London Hippodrome Musical Play.
2. 2Nymphs from Holland
3. 3Eve at the Round-up
4. 4Where the Boarding Babies go
5. 5Saplings in the Sun
6. 6Morning - Noon - and Night (in Pathecolor)

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Summary

NoS synopsis: ‘A Dartmoor Study.' "Every year a "drift" (or round-up) of the famous Dartmoor ponies takes place - and hundreds are collected." L/Ss of horses trotting across the moors.
"The riders, who are mainly the owners of the animals, carry out the round-up - and a hard-riding job it is - " Riders trot away from the camera across the moors. M/S of wild horses run across a little bridge. High angle shot of riders coming down a hill with the wild horses being herded ahead of them. Various shots of the horses being herded.
"The ponies are driven into a "harrish" field, where the owners sort them out." Various shots of the ponies.
"All foals belong to the owners of the mares - " M/S of a boy standing with a young foal.

Researcher Comments

A short handwritten shot list is available in the Pathe boxfile.

Keywords

Horses

Locations

Dartmoor

Footage sources

Pathe   Re-issue

Written sources

Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.208
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP208
Pathe Eve 494-515 Boxfile   Issue sheet

Credits:

Production Co.

British Pathe Ltd.

Length of story (in feet)

174

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