Starting Stalls Make Turf History

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1884
Date Released
12 Jul 1965
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Churchill Church
  2. 2Stamp of Approval
  3. 3Starting Stalls Make Turf History
  4. 4Space Flight - By Telescope!
  5. 5Water-Ski - The Champs and the Chumps

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Starting Stalls Make Turf History. DESCRIPTION: Pictures show the first ever starting stall ever used for a race in this country - before the Chesterfield Stakes at Newmarket. SHOTLIST: MS pan rider No 3 out of parade ring (Lester Piggott). GV start of race by rising gate method. GV ditto. GV horse being caught as gate rises. GV start of race using starting stalls. GV start of race using car on same principle but for a running start. GV starting stalls at Newmarket. LS ditto. MLS pan ditto. MS one of stalls. MS official closing stall doors. CU official pressing button to open doors. MS doors opening. MS official closing doors. GV horses into stalls. CU man looking through binoculars. LS pan start of Chesterfield Stakes from stalls in slow motion. LS Lester Piggott riding home winner. MS pan Lester Piggott No 3 into unsaddling enclosure.
Keywords
Motor racing; Newsreels
Locations
Newmarket
Footage sources
Library
Card file number
89912
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
152
Story extras:
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