Pack artillery--King Family--home movies. Reel 1

2167.0001
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1939 – 1941
Pack artillery--King Family--home movies. Reel 1Credit:

Credit: King Family Collection, Northeast Historic Film.

On can: "Jumping OSC #4 Pack Artillery M.H.C. Etc."
Men and mules carrying munitions: howitzers, field artillery. b&w man with mule, mule has two wheels on its back. Mule carries munition piece on its back. Soldiers with animals scramble up bank. Man whips mule, while other soldiers pull with leads. Mule scrambles and falls into water. Soldiers wear helmets. Underexposed silhouette of men and animals. Man on horse jumping fence. Slow motion, repeated jumps. [M.H.C. may be Maryland Hunt Club.] Slow motion riders and horses on field with exposure problem. Horses jump fence, spectators along fence in distance. Horses and riders coming toward camera in event that may be steeplechase. Continues in slow motion. CU horse’s head, horse in blanket. Men and horses jumping log fence in field; camera follows well. Horses and riders jumping many fences in wooded area.
Compiled black-and-white home movies of mule pack artillery exercises, equestrian events, and other scenes of horses and riders.

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