News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1256A

Date Released

2 Jul 1953

Date submitted

26 Jun 1953

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Queen Mother & Princess off to Africa
• 2. Cinemascope Comes to London
• 3. Palace Investiture for Noted Sportsmen
• 4. Nepal and India Greet Everest Victors
• 5. Lord’s Test - Final Scenes
• *Northumberland Plate
• *Royal Scottish Tour Continued

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Pitmen’s Derby (Northumberland Plate). SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Horses racing. Crowds. Bookies. Horses parading. At start, start of race, several shots during racing. Winner passing post, Nick la Rocca. CU head of Nick la Rocca.

Local distribution only

Newcastle only instead of first item.

Keywords

Sport; Horse racing; Gambling

Locations

Newcastle

Card file number

59312

Credits:

Camera

James Humphries

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Camera

Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

132

Story extras:

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