France’s Big Turf Day

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1308A
Date Released
1 Jul 1954
Date submitted
27 Jun 1954
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1France’s Big Turf Day
  2. 2Sir Winston in Washington
  3. 3Chou En-Lai Meets Nehru
  4. 4Guatemala Upheaval (First Pictures)
  5. 5Swedish State Visit
  6. *Leeds Children’s Day
  7. *Queen Mother at Dumfries Show

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Grand Prix De Paris. DESCRIPTION: In Paris, at Longchamp, the Grand Prix is run with a prize of £20,000. The Grand Prix is the Ascot of French racing, so it was natural that fashion should be an important feature of the meeting. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Horse drawn carriages low shot. Models on carriages. LS of horses paraded. At the start. Back view going round the bend, along the back straight coming round the home straight & passing the winning post.
Local distribution only
Not shown in Scotland.
Keywords
Sport; Horse racing; Vehicles; Women; Fashion and costume
Footage sources
France
Card file number
61327
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
75
Story extras:
Film clip

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