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DetailsOriginal Format: Standard 8 Colour: Colour Sound: Silent Duration: 3 mins 20 secs Credits: Ronald Padgett Genre: Amateur
Subject: Rural Life Entertainment/Leisure
Summary An amateur film produced by Ronald Padgett of the Birkenshaw Show taking place in the village of Birkenshaw in West Yorkshire.
Description
An amateur film produced by Ronald Padgett of the Birkenshaw Show taking place in the village of Birkenshaw in West Yorkshire.
Title: Birkenshaw Show 1961
Crowds watch as a man rides a wagon being pulled by a dray horse around a showground, other smaller horse-drawn wagons and carriages follow behind. All the horse and wagons are lined up.
Uniformed men on horseback, possibly a military or police display team, perform a synchronised routine for the crowds including jumping over a fiery...
An amateur film produced by Ronald Padgett of the Birkenshaw Show taking place in the village of Birkenshaw in West Yorkshire.
Title: Birkenshaw Show 1961
Crowds watch as a man rides a wagon being pulled by a dray horse around a showground, other smaller horse-drawn wagons and carriages follow behind. All the horse and wagons are lined up.
Uniformed men on horseback, possibly a military or police display team, perform a synchronised routine for the crowds including jumping over a fiery fence. The display over they stand together in a line.
A crowd gathers around a stall, the sign above it reads ‘Fly a Balloon’. A man at the stall inflates a balloon helium and releases it into the air.
End title: The end.
Context About Ron Padgett (1923-2001)
Ron Padgett was born in Birkenshaw, Yorkshire, but spent his entire married life living in Leeds. He became a keen cinematographer in the late 1950s and was an active member of the Leeds Cine Club throughout the 1960s – winning competitions for his 8mm films.
