1936 | United Kingdom | Short

Tofield: Racing

  • English - 4 mins
  • Director | Kenneth Tofield.
  • Writer | -
  • Producer | -

STATUS: Released

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Racing. "The High Peak Hunt Races, held on Flagg Moor". We see various shots of the races and a close up of a programme showing the date of the meeting to be 14 April 1936. "The Adjacent Hunts' Race". The Hartington Plate Ladies Race". "The High Peak Cup Race". "The Nomination Open Race". "The Adjacent Hunt's Maiden Race". "Well Dressing". "Tissington". We see shots of the Derbyshire village of Tissington and dressed wells. "This festival takes place on Holy Thursday in thanksgiving for the boon of water". "Somewhere in Cornwall". Unidentified countryside, a man with a canoe and waves breaking on a shore. "Matlock". "The Thermal Swimming Pool". We see people swimming at an outdoor pool (lido) at the New Bath Hotel at Matlock Bath. "Snow Plumes". Snow drifting across fields.

Races Festival Derbyshire Village Holy Thursday Programme
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