Gold Cup Day

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1412
Date Released
25 Jun 1956
Date submitted
22 Jun 1956
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ascot - Gold Cup. DESCRIPTION: Her Majesty the Queen attended the third day of Royal Ascot for the Gold Cup which was won by Marcel Boussac’s ‘Macip’. SHOTLIST: Good view of Royal drive. Good view of paddock. Fashions. Toppers. Bowler hats. Girl wearing cow-girl outfit. Horses. Queen in paddock looking at the horses and then walks back to stands through the crowds. Second runners. SCU of board. Duke of Gloucester looks at cup with the Queen standing next to him. Crowd. Princess Margaret watching. Start of the race. Various shots. ‘Macip’ wins. (Lester Piggott rode in this race).
Keywords
Sport; Horse racing
Locations
Ascot; Berkshire
Card file number
67388
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Camera
James Humphries
Camera
Len Waldorf
Camera
Montague G. Benson
Camera
Norman Fisher
Camera
Samuelson
Length of story (in feet)
134
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Gold Cup Day', British Movietone News Issue No. 1412, 25 Jun 1956. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/21014 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)