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  • Short Summary

    Shots of Old Joe, Life's Guards' veteran charger, before he retires to Windsor Castle.

  • Description

    Title: "Olympia, London. OLD JOE. Life Guards' Veteran White Charger - reprieved by the King - will his end his days in paddocks of Windsor Castle".

    M/S of a man dressed as Charles II riding a white stallion (Old Joe) past a troop of Cavaliers standing out a castle. C/U of 'Charles' on Old Joe and another Cavalier also on horseback.

    Note: shots are taken from earlier 1926 Pathe Gazette story - IN THE DAYS OF CHARLES THE SECOND in G 1312 (see separate record for details). The men are rehearsing for the Royal Tournament. The location given on the title card is incorrect - although tournament was held in Olympia, rehearsals took place at Tower of London.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    538.17
    Media URN:
    28114
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    19/07/1926
    Sound:
    Silent
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:29:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:29:42:00 / 01:30:11:00
    Canister:
    G 1312

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