GAUMONT GRAPHIC 439 (fragment 2) [Main Title]

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  • Title: GAUMONT GRAPHIC 439 (fragment 2) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 1061-07g
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  • Summary: I. Newsreel item on a Cavalry sports meeting at Hurlingham, London, May 1915. II. Newsreel item on a horse show in Johannesburg, early 1915. III. Newsreel item on the annual Corpus Christi celebrations at Stonyhurst College, 7th June 1915. IV. Newsreel item on the surrender of the South African rebels, probably being led to trial in Cape Town, early 1915.
  • Description: Members of 2/3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) compete fencing on horseback. Others take part in a "Victoria Cross race", rowing small coracles across a stream. This is followed by a sword demonstration by ex-Corporal-Major Eggleton of the Royal Horse Guards. On foot, using a regulation Cavalry sword, he cuts through a piece of wood held by two men. A celebrity in uniform, described as "Mr Holman James (Fred Lindsay)" holds an apple on the flat of his palm and Eggleton splits the apple with a single blow. He repeats the trick blindfold with James bent forward and the apple resting in the nape of his neck. Finally Eggleton cuts, in one blow, through the suspended carcase of a sheep. A lady riding sidesaddle over a jumping course attempts to take a high fence. She and the horse crash over it, but both recover from the fall apparently unharmed. The Corpus Christi procession comes out of the college chapel into the open. The pupils, in Army uniform, present arms and lead the procession through the college grounds. The leaders of the abortive rebellion of September 1915, about fifty men altogether, are marched together on foot by South African police. Although not identified, at the front of the group are probably Christian de Wet and Kloos de la Rey. Some of the men deliberately hide their faces from the camera.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 1061-07g
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 1061-07g)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1915-06
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Gaumont (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Eggleton (Corporal-Major) (person) James, Holman (person) De Wet, Christiaan (person) De la Rey, Koos (person) British Army, Yeomanry, London County, 2/3 (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Horse Guards (regiment/service) Stonyhurst College (regiment/service) British Army, Officers Training Corps (regiment/service) Boer Rebels (regiment/service) South African Police Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ceremonies, British - display: cavalry (object name) recreation, British military - sport: fencing on horseback (object name) recreation, British military - sport: athletics (object name) training, British military - weapons: cavalry sword (object name) recreation, South African civilian - sport: horse show (object name) religion, Christianity - ceremonial, British: Corpus Christi (object name) ceremonies, British - event-related: Corpus Christi (object name) prisoners of war, South African - movement (object name) law and order, South African - detention (object name) 31/3(41) (event) 31/3(680) (event) 31/3(41) (event) 31/3(680) (event) GB, England & London, W <Hurlingham> (geography) South Africa & Johannesburg (geography) GB, England & Blackburn, Lancs <Stonyhurst College> (geography) South Africa & Cape Town (geography) Children (concept)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 164 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
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