Dexterity And Daring At Sydney Show (1939)

Sydney, Australia. Full titles read: DEXTERITY AND DARING AT SYDNEY SHOW L, S s of Australian farmers competing in a wheat pitching contest in large stadium. Which involves throwing bags of wheat over a high pole with a pitch fork. Several shots of axemen chopping at large upright logs. They stick post in the crack they have made in the logs and climb onto it before starting to chop again and climbing further up. L, S s of the show jumping competition including a slow motion shot of the a rider taking a spectacular fall as his horse fails to clear the water jump. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136, 000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (19101932), Empire News Bulletin (19261930),