The Great Metropolitan

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1298A

Date Released

22 Apr 1954

Date submitted

Apr 1954

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Easter Parade
2. 2The Great Metropolitan
3. 3The Royal Tour - Cocos Island & Ceylon

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Great Metropolitan. DESCRIPTION: There were large crowds at the Epsom Spring Meeting on Great Metropolitan Day. The two-and-a-quarter mile event was won by Luxury Hotel ridden by Sir Gordon Richards. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Painting of Jockey Cap and whip. GV of stands. CU massed crowds. Horses round ring. Gordon Richards mounts ‘Luxury Hotel’. Various shots of the race. Gordon winning on ‘Luxury Hotel’. GV stand. Lead in and unsaddling.

Keywords

Sport; Horse racing

Locations

Epsom

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

60857

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

101

Story extras:

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