Spring Meet at Epsom in Rain

Series

Series Name

British Movietone Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

64A

Date Released

20 Apr 1931

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1King Alfonso Symposium
2. 2Spring Meet at Epsom in Rain
3. 3Fishing Fleet is in Again
4. 4British Davis Cup Team at Practice
5. 5Cogs All Set for the Big Count
6. 6Kaye Don’s Water Speed Record on Parana River

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Spring Meet at Epsom in Rain. DESCRIPTION: Londoners have a wet time seeing Summer Princess win Great Metropolitan Stakes at 20-1. SHOTLIST: Shots of crowd and umbrellas. Tic-tack man CU. Horses led round. Horses in paddock. Shots of the start and race. One horse leaves the others and races away off the track. Seen coming along track. Up to winning post with breath steaming seen clearly. In the paddock and jockey pats the winner.

Keywords

Sport; Horse racing; Gambling; Weather

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

1168

Length of story (in feet)

119

Story extras:

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