Palestine’s 2,000 Guineas Victory
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- British Movietone News
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Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 3
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Palestine 2,000 Guineas Victory. DESCRIPTION: At Newmarket, conditions were almost ideal for the running of 2,000 Guineas. A thrilling battle was anticipated between Masked Light, Prince Simon, the favourite, The Golden Road ridden by Gordon Richards, and the Aga Khan’s Palestine. After a photo-finish it was seen that Palestine had beaten Prince Simon by a short head. SHOTLIST: KS. Horse passes camera. GV of grandstand & crowds, bookies, etc. Paddock scenes, shows "Masked Light" "Prince Simon", "The Golden Road" with Gordon Richard mounting. Cut-in Aly Khan with broken leg watching. SCU "Palestine". MS & GV of start. "Golden Road" in lead. Trucking shot of race & "Palestine" & "Prince Simon" fighting to the finish. Photo finish shows "Palestine" winner. Aly Khan in wheel chair the owner looks pleased. "Palestine" led in. CU "Prince Simon" nodding his head.
- Keywords
- Sport; Horse racing
- Locations
- Newmarket
- Card file number
- 53629
- Credits:
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- Camera
- David W. Samuelson
- Camera
- Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
- Commentator
- Lionel James Gamlin
- Camera
- Martin Gray
- Camera
- Paul Wyand
- Length of story (in feet)
- 170
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'Palestine’s 2,000 Guineas Victory', British Movietone News Issue No. 1091, 1 May 1950. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16366 (Accessed 26 Apr 2026)