Close Finish for City & Sub

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1090

Date Released

24 Apr 1950

Date submitted

20 Apr 1950

Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Iron Duke Wins City & Suburban. DESCRIPTION: The second of the two main races in the Epsom Spring Meeting, the City and Suburban proved to be a thriller and the result was decided by a photo-finish. It was won by Iron Duke ridden by E Britt and owned by Mr Gibson. SHOTLIST: KS. Horse parades past camera. GVs & crowds. Parade ring, horses parade past camera, jockeys mounting. GV of start - twelve runners. Cut-in starter’s foot pressing on starters gate. LS (36" lense) of start & panning with horses. Cut to Wyand’s into (foreshortened) camera shot. Back to Fisher 36" lense shot, panning with horses. Elevated GV horses rounding Tattenham Corner. Fisher - 36" up straight almost to winning post. Horses dashing past winning post, won by "Iron Duke" with "Roc du Diable" second in photo finish. Photo finish being placed up on stand.

Keywords

Sport; Horse racing

Locations

Epsom

Card file number

53591

Credits:

Camera: David W. Samuelson
Camera: George Richardson
Camera: Hilton Craig
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Montague G. Benson
Camera: Norman Fisher
Camera: Paul Wyand

Length of story (in feet)

186

Story extras:

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