Melbourne’s Big Race

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1119A
Date Released
16 Nov 1950
Date submitted
14 Nov 1950
Stories in this Issue:

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Melbourne’s Big Race. DESCRIPTION: This year’s Melbourne Cup, with a field of twenty-six for the two mile race, provided one sensation after another - first, the favourite never showed any signs of getting near the front, then, two horses fell, injuring both jockeys and finally Comic Court, a 25 to 1 chance carrying top weight, won and broke the record for the event. SHOTLIST: KS. Elevated GV of paddock. Crowd shots & stands packed with people. GV of the start. Various shots of the race, panning & trucking shots. "Comic Court" takes the lead & keeps it. In the rear of the grouped horses two fall over. Panning shot of "Comic Court" going on to win easily.
Local distribution only
Not shown in Scotland.
Keywords
Sport; Horse racing
Locations
Melbourne; Australia
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
54609
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
132
Story extras:
Film clip

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
AP Archive
Email
info@aparchive.com
Web
http://www.movietone.com
Phone
+44 (0)20 7482 7482
Series held
View all series held by AP Archive

How to cite this record

'Melbourne’s Big Race', British Movietone News Issue No. 1119A, 16 Nov 1950. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16774 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)