| NEW YEARS DAY MEET Duke and Duchess of Northumberland attend hunt in Northumberland. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5329 |
| Catalog #: | 511691 | |
| Clip Number: | 511691-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1256 | |
| Timecode: | 01:00:12 - 01:01:51 | |
| Location: | Alnwick, Northumberland. | |
| Year Shot: | 1926 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | HUNTING: Fox LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England SPORTS/EQUESTRIAN: The Hunt | |
| Description: | New Year's Day Meet in Village Street attended by Duke (Henry George Percy) and Duchess (Helen) of Northumberland and family. Alnwick, Northumberland. M/S of three people in hunting gear on horseback riding through a stone archway, a pack of hounds run alongside the horse's feet. M/S of a crowd of people in a village street, in the foreground is a pack of Beagles and several huntsmen on horseback. The crowd look poor, probably working class while the riders look very wealthy. L/S of the stone archway (looks like part of a castle), more members of the hunting party ride under it. M/S of a young boy on horseback standing next to an elder huntsman, also on horseback. M/S of a lady draped in furs (the Duchess?) with two smartly dressed girls and a little boy, they are standing next to a parked car. M/S of a butler standing next to a man in hunting pink sipping a drink from a glass. L/S of the horse riders and dogs coming down Alnwick High Street, a crowd of poor looking villagers follow the aristocratic hunting party. | |
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