An amateur film made by Betty Cook of the Cleveland Cine Club of a hunt taking place in the Cleveland or North Yorkshire countryside in January 1966. The film begins with the hunt preparing to depart from a large house, possibly at Great Ayton or Newham. With the hunt underway, the film changes to show Betty’s son Martin sitting beside a stuffed head of a fox that is in a hole in the ground. The film ends with the hunt passing and Martin waving goodbye to the fox. Laid out on the ground is a...

An amateur film made by Betty Cook of the Cleveland Cine Club of a hunt taking place in the Cleveland or North Yorkshire countryside in January 1966. The film begins with the hunt preparing to depart from a large house, possibly at Great Ayton or Newham. With the hunt underway, the film changes to show Betty’s son Martin sitting beside a stuffed head of a fox that is in a hole in the ground. The film ends with the hunt passing and Martin waving goodbye to the fox. Laid out on the ground is a stuffed fox head sitting in a bed of straw. In front is the film’s title flanked by two hunting horns. Title: A Hunting We Will Go The film opens on with a woman leading a horse from a horsebox. On the driveway of a large house riders on horseback wait to depart at the beginning of a hunt. A woman offers drinks on a tray to one of the riders who holds his drink up to the camera in salute. Other riders also drink. From the back of a horsebox come the pack of hounds followed by two horses being led out of another. In a field, a man in a red jacket sits on horseback while hounds run around the horses legs. Two men in red jackets stand in the driveway of the house on horseback. General views follow of the hounds. The hunt gets underway as the riders and hounds make their way along the driveway. General views follow of the riders and hounds in a field.  The film cuts to a long shot showing the hunt racing across a distant field, through a gate and up a hill. The fox's head seen in the opening titles sticks out of a hole in the stump of a tree. A small boy, Martin Cook, wearing a blue balaclava appears through a hedge and sits on the ground beside the head and gently pats and strokes it. Along a woodland track come the hunt of riders and hounds. The film ends with Martin getting up and waving back at the fox in the stump as he walks away. Like the opening, the end credit is written on the ground, but this time beside a fox's tail rather than head flanked by two hunting horns. End title: End