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Title: AT THE POINT TO POINT

Reference number: 3442

Date: 1937c

Director: [filmed by E H George]

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 2.00 minsc

Description: A 'point to point' amateur race meeting over jumps. (probably shot somewhere in Middlesex or Buckinghamshire).

Filmed by Edinburgh born E H George, who was Secretary of the board of London Film Productions Ltd and had his offices at Denham Film Studios. The film features a Mr and Mrs Younghusband who owned the riding stables at Stanmore which provided the horses for film purposes at the Studios. During the Colonel's time at the Studios "The Private Lives of Henry VIII", "The Scarlet Pimpernel", "The Four Feathers", "Sandars of the River" and "The Drum" were made. He was later promoted to a seat on the board. One of the men at the end of the reel could be the well known actor, Robert Donat. For further biographical and background information see additional information file,

See also ref. 3441 [QUEEN MARY’S VISIT TO DENHAM FILM STUDIOS] and ref. 3443 (FAMILY IN THE GARDEN).

Shotlist: a point to point [probably one of the home counties hunts] with shots of riders mounting horses, onlooking crowds, some standing beside cars. group of people sitting outside at tables taking tea, [possibly outside a pottery]. (c 2 mins)