This 1971 documentary film, County Fair, was produced by Jim Burroughs and Joe Sutherin for Grace-Metro Enterprises, Ltd. and distributed by ACI. It documents a typical, if small, American county fair, showing patrons of all ages enjoy thrill rides, carnival games, carnival foods, and horse riding competitions. It opens with shots of a balloon, cotton candy, and children in a horse riding competition. Riders perform stunts on Rokon Trail-Breaker motorcycles, kids ride carousels, Garbrick Ferris Wheel, and carnival rides including The Spider and Round Up.

01:14 The Skydiver ferris wheel rotates and spins, a carousel with kids atop painted horses, motorcycles and Winston Auto Flyer-type cars.

01:44 Children spin wildly in The Scrambler.

01:50 A Skydiver ferris wheel in action.

02:00 Contestants of horse riding events ride horseback, walk their horses, guide children on horseback rides. One rides while carrying a U.S. flag. Another horse sports a blue ribbon

02:34 Children and adults play fishbowl toss, pitch horseshoes.

03:04 Kids ride a Gardrick Wheel ferris wheel.

03:37 Children enjoy cotton candy, candy apples, swirly-colored lollipops.

03:58 Big and small balloons.

04:09 Kids ride a Gardrick Wheel ferris wheel and the carousel, the Round Up, a Hampton Combo kiddie ride, a spinning Hustler ride.

04:43 A horse rider carries a U.S. flag, riders perform stunts on Rokon Trail-Breaker motorcycles up down raps to a crowd of onlookers, over logs.

05:31 A woman rides horse back in an open field. A contestant walks his horse. Kids ride a ferris wheel. Another kid enjoys a lollipop. More balloons and fishbowl toss, horseshoe toss and Skydiver ferris wheel.

06:22 Kids enjoy The Scrambler ride.

06:27 A woman rides horseback while carnival goers ride the Round Up, The Spider, and a carousel with painted horses.

06:53 The Rock-O Plane rotates.

06:57 Aerial view of the carnival. A ferris wheel rotates.

07:21 END

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