It's a pretty good one-reel documentary about fox-hunting, with a well-edited series of shots that shows the progress of an individual hunt, from the assembly of the hunters through the care of the fox hounds after the hunt. This was very early days for the documentary; there was still a sizable production of single-shot movies, nowadays called 'actualities'.
It's produced and directed by Will Barker, another of the important but forgotten people in the industry. In this period, he was the managing director of Warwick Trading, a major force in British production. His innovations including shifting movies from a model in which exhibitors bought prints of films, to one in which they rented them. This increased the profits of distributors, and meant that worn-out prints could be retired instead of exhibited past sense. Barker moved into feature production in 1912, and continued to prosper for the next ten years. He died in 1951 at the age of 83.
It's produced and directed by Will Barker, another of the important but forgotten people in the industry. In this period, he was the managing director of Warwick Trading, a major force in British production. His innovations including shifting movies from a model in which exhibitors bought prints of films, to one in which they rented them. This increased the profits of distributors, and meant that worn-out prints could be retired instead of exhibited past sense. Barker moved into feature production in 1912, and continued to prosper for the next ten years. He died in 1951 at the age of 83.
