The War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Australia’s Classic - The Melbourne Cup
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 10 / 10
- Section Title
- The War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Melbourne Cup, 1939. DESCRIPTION: Rivette comes through to win Australia’s premier race. SHOTLIST: Various views of the fashion parade before the race. The horses come out headed by "Mosaic", "Catalogue", "Bussalong", "The Trump" and "L’Aiglon". In spite of the riderless "Ortelle Star" the winner is "Rivette" with "Maikai" second and "Pantler" third.
- Keywords
- Sport; Horse racing; Fashion and costume; Newsreels
- Footage sources
- Australia
- Card file number
- 38061
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 119
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