[1929-1930 HOME MOVIE GREENVALE FARM, POUGHKEEPSIE NY ROXEBY ESTATE]

Genre: home movie

Year Published: 1929,1930

Description: This 1929-1930 silent home movie starts with images shot at the Greenvale Farm, owned by Homer Gray, located near Vassar in Poughkeepsie, New York. Greenvale hosted the so-called Rombout Horse Show every year in May; part of the show may be seen in the film. The movie shows a large group of people riding horses cross country, presumably some of them are students from Vassar College. One part of the group has a lot of dogs, possibly for flushing out game as part of a hunt. At 5:27, shots of puppies on the farm being taken care of by a Black farm hand, and being taken for a walk. At 8;25 another ride is shown, here horses are shown jumping a fence or gate and at 10:00 a low wall. At 12:00 a large house is shown, the Roxeby estate also known as La Bergerie in Dutchess County, New York, followed by images of men in formal riding clothes on horseback riding and at 14:43 jumping a fence in rapid succession.

Online Copy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTQhPTXnhdI

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