Horse Jumping (1924)

Ireland. Title: “HORSE JUMPING. Competitions in Lord Powerscourt’s Demesne at Enniskerry“. L/S of a rider jumping their horse over a fence, in the distance a sizeable crowd watches the competition from a slope, pan to show another horse jumping over a different fence. M/S of a rider (could be a woman) over a fence. M/S of a man in a flat cap riding his horse to a fence, the animal refuses to jump, he rides away and makes another (successful) attempt. M/S of another man riding towards the fence, once again the horse refuses to jump. M/S of the man successfully jumping his horse over the fence. L/S of a chestnut horse jumping over a fence into a shallow pool of water. C/U of some of the spectators, including a woman in furs and a man in tweed (Lord P?). M/S of a man on a black horse. C/U of the horse’s head. 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.