Geronimo1967
Evolving from a festival that featured gladiators and ox-racing, this short feature showcases the horse racing on Sienas Piazza del Campo. With some forty thousand folks assembled on its square from each of this citys competing districts, there are qualifying races with bareback riders mounted on horses specially trained for the occasion before the carnival atmosphere reaches its tumultuous and colourful conclusion and a final race to attain the coveted victory banner. Its standard newsreel type coverage, but it does manage to capture some of the excitement of this event as some harlequin-costumed citizenry parade, the church does some equine blessing and the flags wave as the crowds become louder and more enthusiastic. It also shows off th...