Artillery Sports Woolwich (1914-1918)

Artillery Sports at Woolwich. Greater London. Opens with men on horses lined up side by side half face forwards; half backwards; they move around in a circle keeping the line straight. Then they breakaway and ride off in different directions. Pan across field where boys are doing exercises. Shot of the men high-stepping across field (as if running through tyres). Bare-chested men on horseback wrestle or at any rate try to knock or pull one another off. CU’s of this game: men sort of slapping at each other. MS locked in a hold; while sitting on horses. One man pulling the other one onto the same horse; then slipping over the horse’s back until they both fall off; which looks funny. FILM ID:1876.1 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