Coronation Derby: Sir Gordon Wins Derby at Last

Series

Series Name: British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

2324

Date Released

8 Jun 1953

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 2

Summary

Champion jockey achieves life’s ambition by winning racing Blue Riband, riding Pinza to victory by four lengths. Queen, Duke and others of Royal Family attend, receiving tremendous ovation from record crowd.

Keywords

Royalty; Sport; Horse racing

Locations

Epsom; Surrey

Footage sources

British Pathe
Paramount Library

Library number

21436

Credits:

Camera: Arthur W. Farmer
Camera: Arthur William Kingston
Camera: Edward Henry Hawkins
Camera: James F. Gemmell
Camera: Len W. Dudley
Camera: Ronald L. Read

Length of story (in feet)

553

Story extras:

Production Documents

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name: Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean
Email: info@screenocean.com
Web: http://reuters.screenocean.com/
Phone: +44(0)1954 262052
Address: 124 Horseferry Road,
London
SW1P 2TX
Notes: British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
Series held: View all series held by Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

Record Stats

This record has been viewed 108 times.