Punchestown - Races (1930)

Item title reads - Punchestown the Mecca of Irish steeplechasing draws a record throng. Southern Ireland, Eire. L/S of the crowds in the stands, the camera pans across them. M/S of fashionable race-goers watching, some look through binoculars, the camera pans across them. M/S of more of the crowds watching the horses as they walk through. L/S as the horses approach a jump and all make it successfully over. M/S as they approach another one, the crowds stand very near the fences and some have to be pushed back out of the way of the horses. L/S as they jump another fence and ride up a hillock across the course to the finish line. FILM ID:828.3 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 ag