Sheaf pitching record. Originally part of News in a Nutshell - international news stories in brief. Camborne, Cornwall. Quaint old fashioned custom. Various shots of men taking part in a hay bale tossing competition. They use pitch forks to hurl the hay bales over (what appears to be) rugby goal posts. The winner is the man who can throw the bale the highest. Various shots of bizarre game of football - all the players are on stilts! FILM ID: 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 (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. Al
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