Melbourne Cup - in Colour

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2059A

Date Released

21 Nov 1968

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Melbourne Cup (Colour). DESCRIPTION: No weather for Rain Lover!. Warm sunshine - roses in bloom - and a feast of fashion at world-famous Flemington Race course. A real antidote to a British winter, the Melbourne Cup lives up to its name as one of the great classics of the Turf. Taking the prize of twenty-eight thousand pounds, Rain Lover, ridden by Jim Johnson. SHOTLIST: GV crowd at Flemington Racecourse in Australia. MLS fashion show in progress. MS crowd watching. 2 shots ladies in crowd. MS man looking through binoculars. 4 CUs women wearing hats. TS horses in paddock. MS horse No 1 Galilee. MS pan horse No 4 Arctic Coast. MS horse No 11 Rain Lover. MS people watching horses in paddock. Effect shot horse past through flowers. MCU lady with binoculars. LS pan start of Melbourne Cup. LS race in progress. MS pan runners past. CU woman in crowd. MLS runners past with No 11 Rain Lover leading. MCU woman in crowd. LS pan Rain Lover wins. MS Rain Lover led in after race. TS winners in paddock. MS cup presented to owner Cliff Reid by Governor General Lord Casey. MS photographers. MCU Jockey Jim Johnson & wife with cup.

Keywords

Sport; Horse racing; Politics and government; Mass media; Economics; Business and commerce; Ceremonies; Fashion and costume; Exhibitions and shows

Locations

Melbourne; Australia; Flemington Racecourse

Footage sources

Australia

Card file number

94145

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

206

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