Wallasey Races (1921)

Item title reads - Wallasey Races. Sporting races for Wallasey charities on Leasowe race course. Cheshire. M/S of a blackboard saying ’Pathe Gazette Handicap’ and listing horses, someone writes on the board. Various shots of a man measuring the height of the horses, they walk round the corner and begin the race, one stops and sets off in the other direction. A horse prances at the end. Intertitle - “Ping Pong“, winner of the “Pathe Gazette“ handicap. The jockey poses on the horse which is held by another man. M/S of the man measuring the horses again. Various shots of horses and jockeys again. A man saddles up a horse and a jockey poses on another one. 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