The Oaks

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1305
Date Released
7 Jun 1954
Date Other
Jun 1954
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Cutty Sark’s Last Berth
  2. 2Save Our Churches
  3. 3Homage to Pope Pius X
  4. 4US Buys Viscount
  5. 5The American Scene: New York
  6. 6The American Scene: Florida
  7. 7The American Scene: Oregon
  8. 8Mr Australia
  9. 9The Oaks
  10. *Highland Games

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
9 / 9
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Oaks. DESCRIPTION: Ladies Day at Epsom where the sun shone for the running of the Oaks. The winner was Sun Cap ridden by Rae Johnstone for France. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Painting of cap & whip. GV of stands and crowds. Various shots of fashion. Queen and Duke arrive, walk down to paddock. Speak to jockey Carr who is to ride her horse ‘Angel Bright’. Shots of horses on way to the post. Start of race. Cut-ins of stands. Race in progress. Horses taking part - ‘Sybil’s Niece’, ‘Festoon’, ‘Eastern Glamour’, ‘Altana’. Rae Johnstone on ‘Sun Cap’, ‘Philante’, ‘Baba Bibi’. Sun Cap wins. Madame Forget leads in her horse.
Keywords
Royalty; Sport; Horse racing; Economics; Business and commerce; Fashion and costume
Locations
Epsom
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
61155
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
176
Story extras:
Film clip

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