The Market Square Their Racecourse (1928)

Italian flag-throwers entertain the crowd before the horse-race around the square during the Palio of Sienna. No titles. Sienna, Italy. Various shots show men in mediaeval costume walking in a parade and flag throwing around a square in Sienna; an enormous crowd watches. Brief shot of spectators (could be members of the Italian Royal Family?) looking out of a window. Several shots show men on horses racing around the square as part of ’The Palio of Sienna’. 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