Royal Ascot

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2404

Date Released

29 Jun 1975

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Ascot. DESCRIPTION: The Colour and the bustle of the Royal Ascot Meeting and Gold Cup Day starts with a peaceful demonstration by the Stable Lads. In the big race it’s the favourite Sagaro first past the post to give Lester Piggott his seventh Gold Cup win. SHOTLIST: CU crowd (zoom out) milling around in enclosure. SV fashionable women. SV men in top hats & tails. GV stable boys walking up course. FV head boy Mr John Casey handing a protest leaflet to Lord Abergavenny. SV Lord Abergavenny talking to John Casey. LV stable boys & press round Lord Abergavenny. GV royal carriages driving up course. SV Queen & Duke of Edinburgh riding in carriage. SV fashionable ladies watching. FV pan Queen & Duke in carriage into royal enclosure. LV Mrs Shilling (in hat like a peacock) & escort. CU tipster in feather type hat. CU Mrs Shilling in hat talking to lady. SV zoom back Queen & Duke & royal family in paddock as horses parade round. SV pan No 2 Kambalda being paraded. FV Queen Mother & Princess Anne. SV pan No 10 Sagaro as jockeys enter. GV paddock as jockeys walk in. SV P Waldron going up on Kambalda No 2. LV A Gilbert going up on Le Bavard No 6. SV Brian Taylor going up on Mistigi No 7. LV jockey going up on horse. LV zoom in horse leaving paddock. GV crowd. SV people talking. SV lady eating sandwich. FV man and woman. BV fashionable ladies. SV man talking to woman. GV horses moving up to start up course. SV A Gilbert on Le Bavard. GV horses moving up to start. SV Piggott on Sagaro. SV No 5 Le Bavard pan to No 5 Girandole. SV Piggott on Sagaro. SV pan No 4 Zab ridden by Joe Mercer. SV horses going into stalls, No 2 passes close by camera. GV stalls & course. SV horses in stalls. SV starter lowering hand. SV stalls opening pan to BV as horses start off pan to BV. GV horses coming up straight. ? ditto in front of grandstand. ? to No 8 in lead followed by 6 & 2. GV as horses round bend. FV royals in bay. LV going down far straight. FV horses coming down straight. SV pan horses coming round out of bend, No 2 Kambalda in lead followed by No 8. GV horses coming down straight, Piggott on Sagaro takes lead and romps home past line, followed by No 7 Mistigri, No 6 Le Bavard and No 2 Kambalda. CU result board. SV Piggott riding in winning enclosure dismounts and unsaddles horse.

Keywords

Royalty; Sport; Horse racing; Mass media; Vehicles; Food and cooking; Demonstrations; Labour relations; Fashion and costume

Locations

Berkshire

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

75/263

Credits:

Commentator: Leonard Martin

Length of story (in feet)

399

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