Chasing Ascot (1924)

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Title: “’Chasing Ascot’. Britain’s best horses and riders at National Hunt’s beautiful Steeplechase Course“. High angled shot of crowds moving through the spectator’s enclosure at the race course. M/S of spectators walking. Panning shot of spectators, some looking at betting slips, programmes or fiddling with binoculars, stable hands lead their horses through the crowd. M/S of a jockey climbing onto a horse. Various shots of horses jumping over a fences. Panning shot following two of the horses around the course - very clear, in sharp focus! L/S, looking over the heads of a large crowd, of the horses reaching the finishing line. M/S of a jockey on a horse being led past the crowd - the winner was Red Splash, Jocky Dick Rees, Trainer Fred Withington, Owner Humphrey Wyndham 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.