Horses

The Tattooed Police Horse

Barred from racing for breaking stride, a trotting horse finds a new career as a police officer's mount in Boston.

1964

Seabiscuit: The Lost Documentary

Made in 1939 by Seabiscuit's owner Charles Howard. This inspirational film chronicles Seabiscuit's life from birth, through training, and the legenda

2003

The Derby 1895

A stationary camera, looking diagonally across a racetrack toward the infield, records the horses as they race past. Once they are out of view and the

1895

Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge

A film by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince, shot in late October 1888, showing pedestrians and carriages crossing Leeds Bridge.

1888

For the Love of the Mustang

Three trainers help acclimate mustangs to their new life in Europe as part of an effort to shed light on the plight of this mighty American horse.

2017

So Clever Are German Spies

A horse and cart carrying two nuns is stopped by two men with fixed bayonets.

1914

The Horse with the Human Mind

This short film focuses on Bess, considered to be the smartest horse in the movies, as she works with her trainer.

1946

Roping Wild Bears

Wild bears that bother livestock are captured with ropes and shipped to zoos.

1934

Africa's Wild West

Some 150 wild horses live in an expanse of desert, grassland and rock along Namibia’s west coast - a ‘Forbidden Zone’ rife with ghost towns.

2015

Aitamaako'tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun

An intimate and thrilling portrait of a young Siksika woman and the deep bonds between her father and family in the golden plains of Blackfoot Territo

2023

The Percheron

This documentary is a true tribute to the Percheron, the superb draft horse. We talk about its origins, its characteristic traits, its performance in

1946

Winged Migration

This documentary follows various migratory bird species on their long journeys from their summer homes to the equator and back, covering thousands of

2001

Tails of Iceland

Documentary showing the horses of Iceland and the people who work with, train, and love them.

2019

De caballos y guitarras

A musical, and also a reflection on watching, on trying to escape an anthropocentric gaze and also on watching itself in cinema. Featuring mares and h

2024

20,000 Miles on a Horse

This Feature documentary is about the lives of Louis Brunke and Vladimir Fissenko who rode on horseback from the southern tip of Argentina to Prudhoe

2007

Glamador

Fafai, a young boy, lives with his grandfather on the island of Glamador in the Camargue. To help the old man who can no longer work, Fafai finds a jo

1958

Grandad of Races

Grandad of Races is a 1950 American short documentary film about the Palio di Siena held in the Piazza del Campo in Siena, directed by André de la Var

1950

Kings of the Turf

Kings of the Turf is a 1941 American short documentary film about horse racing, directed by Del Frazier. This entry in The Sports Parade series shows

1941

Can You Beat the Bookies?

Comedian and presenter Lloyd Griffith embarks on an experiment to find out if he can uncover the secrets of gambling success and in the process learn

2019

American Mustang

Fueled by stunning footage, this stirring documentary considers wild horses' role in the American psyche and their dwindling numbers in today's West.

2013