All Colour Reel: The Cheltenham Gold Cup

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2337A

Date Released

21 Mar 1974

Stories in this Issue:

1All Colour Reel: The Cheltenham Gold Cup

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Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Section Title

All Colour Reel

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cheltenham Gold Cup Colour. DESCRIPTION: The 50th Anniversary of the Running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup. The favourite Pendil is brought down by High Ken and the second favourite The Dikler is beaten by Captain Christy with Bobby Breasley up. The Gold Cup for ‘74 goes to owner, Mrs Jane Samuel. SHOTLIST: Part 1 (372’) CU zoom back statue of Arkle. CU name plate ARKLE 1957-70. GV Arkle looking across Cheltenham Race Course, full CU head of Arkle. SV No 7 Pendil parading round paddock. LV Queen Mother watching her horse. SV Queen Mother’s horse Game Spirit round paddock No 4 GV horses parading round paddock. SV pan No 3 the Dikler. SV Ron Barry mounting Dikler. SV Bob Davies mounting High Ken No 5 (x2). Smith mounting No 2 Charlie Potheen. TV mass crowds and bookies zoom back to GV. GV crowds & grandstand. SV crowds in grandstand. SV various cups and the Gold Cup. CU Gold Cup TV jockeys and horses leave paddock. GV crowds & bookies. SV bookie. CU punter. CU bookie taking money. SV another bookie taking money. SV No 1 Captain Christy, Bobbie Breasley up parading up course. GV horses and jockeys parading up course. SV Game Spirit followed by High Ken followed by Inkslinger. GV horses up course. TV crowds. CU Tic-tack man. CU bookie. CU bookie taking money from punter. GV crowds & course

Keywords

Royalty; Sport; Horse racing; Gambling; Buildings and structures; Mass media; Economics; Business and commerce; Newsreels

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

99829

Credits:

Commentator: Leonard Martin

Length of story (in feet)

566

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