The Derby

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1461A

Date Released

6 Jun 1957

Date submitted

5 Jun 1957

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Story No. within this Issue

6 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Derby. DESCRIPTION: The 178th Renewal of the Derby Stakes on Epsom Downs. SHOTLIST: TPS over Epsom. CU Merry-Go-Round in action. Post advertising Priscilla Rose Lee. Rose Lee looking at crystal ball. Man pretending to be a jockey and riding a pretend horse. Shots of Tic-tack men. MCU woman with parrot on her head and one on each arm. Tic-tack men. Crowds. Women wearing hats etc. Several shots of the Queen Mother, Queen and Princess Margaret wearing hats. TPS Queen walking along. Board. Horse round the paddock. Jockey mounts his horse. Queen watching. Shots of the Queen’s horse Doutelle. Queen. Crepello walking along. Horses walk down to the starting line. TPS over crowds. Back shots of the Queen Mother and the Queen watching through binoculars. Start of the race. Various shots of the race. Crepello wins ridden by Lester Piggott. MLS Queen Mother with the Queen watching the race. MCU Crepello and Lester Piggott being led in. Shots of Crepello in the winners enclosure. CU money being handed over. CU old man with cigarette in his mouth.

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Credits:

Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

272

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