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Right Swing Costs Colonist II Race

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1062
Date Released
10 Oct 1949
Date submitted
7 Oct 1949
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Premier Visits British and US Air Forces
  2. 2War-Time Comradeship Commemorated by Memorial Gate
  3. 3Refugees Break Journey at Cork
  4. 4Right Swing Costs Colonist II Race
  5. 5Movietone Explores Unknown New Guinea - Exclusive

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Colonist II Loses at Lingfield. DESCRIPTION: Mr Churchill was at Lingfield to see his horse Colonist II come in second in the Tonbridge Plate after a ding-dong battle with Jack Hylton’s Setarah II which won by a length and a half. SHOTLIST: KS. GV paddock. GV grandstand. Parade in paddock. Mr Churchill & his son Randolph in paddock, cut-in. Parade. Start of race. (Tonbridge Plate). Swing shot & finish. Coming into camera. CU horse with cigar in its mouth (Charles Ridley gag shot).
Keywords
Horse racing; Politics and government
Locations
Surrey
Footage sources
Gaumont
Card file number
52626
Credits:
Camera
Alec Tozer
Editor
Charles A. Ridley
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
123
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