Learning on ScreenSports: Royal Ascot
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 7 / 7
- Section Title
- Sports
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Ascot - Opening Day. DESCRIPTION: The highlight of this year’s Ascot was the Royal drive along the course. The Queen’s horse Choir Boy (favourite) failed to win the first race. Later the Queen saw the Ascot Stakes won by Flighty Frances at 20 to 1. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. MS Golden Gates. Queen & Princess Margaret drive through crowds cheering, enter Royal enclosure. Various fashions by women; men wearing their usual top hats & morning dress. Queen & Duke of Edinburgh with Princess Margaret in paddock looking at Queen’s horse Choir Boy. Horses leave. Down to start. Start of the Ascot Stakes & finish cut-in during race of royal box. CU winner.
- Keywords
- Royalty; Sport; Horse racing; Buildings and structures; Fashion and costume
- Footage sources
- British Paramount News
- Card file number
- 57370
- Credits:
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- Camera
- George Richardson
- Camera
- Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
- Camera
- Hilton Craig
- Camera
- James Humphries
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Camera
- Martin Gray
- Camera
- Montague G. Benson
- Camera
- Norman Fisher
- Camera
- Paul Wyand
- Length of story (in feet)
- 264
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