Training Cavalry Recruits (1914-1918)

Training Cavalry Recruits. Location of events unknown - London? Soldiers on horseback in rows in a park. They practice keeping in straight rows while turning (something they haven’t mastered yet). Next they train at jumping - as officer sitting on horse watches; they jump over a barrier one at a time; while keeping their arms crossed and raised chest high; to learn balance & keep their arms free. Modified WPA record. 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 end of 1984. All footage can be viewe