The St Leger

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1371
Date Released
12 Sep 1955
Date submitted
7 Sep 1955
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The St Leger. DESCRIPTION: The crowd and Her Majesty the Queen arrived for the big event. There was field of only eight. Meld the favourite was the winner, a triumph for her owner, Lady Zia Werner. SHOTLIST: Cup and whip title. GV of the Moor with the grandstand. Her Majesty arrives. GV walking to paddock. CU of Meld in horses parade. LS of the horses walking to the start. GV of incident at the start. SCU of the start. SCUs of the riders and horses. LS of the race. Along the home straight. SCU of Harry Carr winning. Lady owner (Lady Zia Werner) leading in the winner. Lester Piggott riding in this race.
Keywords
Royalty; Horse racing
Locations
Doncaster
Footage sources
Pathe
Card file number
64486
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
155
Story extras:
Film clip

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'The St Leger', British Movietone News Issue No. 1371, 12 Sep 1955. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/20347 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)