Steeplechasing’s “Ascot“ (1933)

Full title reads: “Cheltenham. Steeplechasing’s ’Ascot’ - Charming Cheltenham’s Meeting attracted Britain’s finest National Hunt Horses and riders.“ Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Horses are lead down to the start of the race course. The grandstands look full. The horses line up at the start and ... they’re off. Various shots of the horse racing over fences. Some slow motion shots of horses jumping fences. The winner races past the finishing post. The horses are taken into the enclosure. 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. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well