CHARIOT RACING 1976

For licensing inquiries please contact Historic Films Archive (www.historicfilms.com / [email protected]) 00:39:09 CHARIOT RACING: DRIVER RIDES ALONG IN CHARIOT PULLED BY TWO HORSES, AT RACE TRACK IN POCATELLO, IDAHO, WHERE IN MARCH OF EACH YEAR, JUST PLAIN WORKING PEOPLE, RANCHERS, FARMERS, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, TAKE THEIR HORSES TO TEST THEIR SKILLS, ENJOY ANCIENT ROMAN SPORT OF CHARIOT RACING IN FREEZING MOUNTAIN WEATHER. 00:39:13 OWNERS BACK THEIR HORSES OUT OF TRUCKS. MAN BRUSHES DOWN HORSE. CU LONG ROW OF HORSES HEADS STICKING OUT OF STALLS. OWNERS WALKS HORSE WITH COLORFUL BLANKETS ON ITS BACK. YOUNG BOY STANDS IN CHARIOT, SWINGS WHIP. HORSES ARE WARMED UP BY WALKING IN CIRCLE ATTACHED TO CENTER PYLON. 00:40:00 MAN IN COWBOY HAT PULLS CHARIOT, WHICH WAS LEANING AGAINST STABLE, ROLLS IT AWAY. COLORFUL FACE MASKS, HARNESS IS ATTACHED TO HORSE. EACH OWNER DESIGNS THE TRAPPINGS FOR HIS TEAM. 00:40:42 STANDS ARE CROWDED WITH COWBOY SPECTATORS WITH PROGRAM, SCRATCH SHEETS IN HAND. 00:41:21 CHARIOT TEAMS TAKE PLACES AT STARTING GATE. CU STARTER PULLS LEVER TO OPEN GATE, RACERS ARE OFF CHILDREN, ADULTS AT RAIL CHEER, YELL FOR THEIR TEAM. 00:41:34 CHARIOTS SPEED DOWN TRACK AS SEEN FROM DRIVER'S SEAT, LOOKING TO SIDE, FORWARD. SPECTATORS CHEER THREE TEAMS SPEED NECK-AND-NECK DOWN TRACK. OFFICIAL HOLDS PHOTO SHOWING WINNER OF PHOTO FINISH. 00:42:11 FAMILY POSES NEXT TO WINNING TEAM, BOY HOLDS TROPHY. CU FACE SHOT MUDDIED FACE DRIVER. 00:42:33 ANOTHER GROUP OF CHARIOT TEAMS ENTER THEIR STARTING STALLS. MONTAGE OF HORSES RUNNING OUT OF THE STARTING STALLS, BANJO PLAYS BLUE GRASS. MONTAGE HORSES SPEEDING DOWN QUARTER-MILE TRACK 00:43:15 CU GIRL WITH WOOLEN CAP, LEANS ON RAIL, YELLS FOR HER CHARIOT TEAM. PEOPLE IN STANDS CHEER WILDLY. FAT WOMAN IN STANDS GOES BALLISTIC. VIEW OF HORSES SPEEDING AROUND TRACK, SNOW COVERED HILLS AND GROUNDS IN BACKGROUND.