The Kentucky Derby

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1561A
Date Released
7 May 1959
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Cup Goes Home
  2. 2A Gallant Loser
  3. 3The Kentucky Derby
  4. 4Silverstone Racing
  5. 5The State Visit of the Shah of Iran

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Kentucky Derby. DESCRIPTION: America’s greatest horse race, the 85th Kentucky Derby, drew the usual big crowd to Churchill Downs. Sixteen three-year-olds went away on the mile-and-a-quarter dash in quest of a prize of over a hundred thousand dollars. It was won by the English-bred colt Tomy Lee, ridden by Shoemaker. SHOTLIST: Stock card (key). GV stands. Another angle same. LS start. High angle pan same. BS horses round bend. CU woman with binoculars. LS race. Spectators high angle pan horses into straight - ‘Tomy Lee’ and ‘Shoemaker’ neck to neck. High angle pan same - ‘Tomy Lee’ wins. MS results board. LS winning horse & rider.
Keywords
Sport; Horse racing
Locations
United States of America
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
77100
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
87
Story extras:
Film clip

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