The Petrol Horse - Car Stunts (1920)

Denver, United States of America. Intertitle: “THE PETROL HORSE bets World’s record by leaping 16 feet over a 5 foot hurdle.“ M/S of a man sitting in a car which has a stuffed horse’s head on the bonnet. C/U of the horse’s head. M/S of the car driving along a dirt track to a ramp, it swerves at the last minute and fails to make the jump. M/S of the second attempt - this time the car successfully leaps the obstacle. Good side M/S of the car jumping over the hurdle. 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 as Visnews content