The Four in Hand

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
569
Date Released
28 Apr 1932
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
NoS Summary - A novel way to travel - on a cart pulled by four donkeys.
British Pathe synopsis: M/S of woman in man’s clothes sitting between two donkeys with a dog at her feet. She smiles. The dog runs up to a stable door and jumps up, putting his front paws on the door. M/S of four donkeys standing beside a gate, the woman grooms one of the donkeys. "The harness and gear, was made by the driver out of bran sacks, string etc." M/S of the woman putting the tack on the donkey. M/S from low angle of the woman sitting on a cart with the reins and a whip in her hand. The donkey drawn cart then moves off. "And here they are on the road - a really novel four-in-hand. "Slow but sure", but "Enah, Deenah, Dinah, Doh" all pulling well...(and with great kick in life, sometimes.)" Camera follows the strange vehicle as it travels down a suburban road.
Keywords
Road transport; Animals
Written sources
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.236
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP236
National Film Archive Catalogue
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How to cite this record

'The Four in Hand', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 569, 28 Apr 1932. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/332969 (Accessed 13 Jun 2025)