Royal Ascot
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 6 / 6
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Ascot - Gold Cup. DESCRIPTION: The third day at Royal Ascot the Queen’s colt Atlas ran in the Gold Cup. In the event, Zararthustra was the winner, followed by Cambremer and Tissot with the Queen’s colt fifth. In the ‘New Stakes’, Pall Mall fairly romped ahead of Troubadour and Will Somers to chalk up a victory for Her Majesty, the second of the meeting. SHOTLIST: Various shots of the crowds. Various shots of ladies’ hats. Shots of the Queen. Shots of the Queen looking through binoculars. LS of the start of the race. Atlas the Queen’s horse in front followed by Donald. Cambremer and Zarathustra. Various shots of the race. Zarathustra wins from Cambremer and Tissot. Shots of the Queen. Shot of Lester Piggott on Zarathustra. Lester Piggott dismounts. LS of the Queen, Queen Mother and Princess Margaret talking to Harry Carr in the paddock. TPS of the crowd. Shots of the finish of the 5 furlong sprint. Pall Mall wins from Troubadour and Will Somers. Shots of the Queen. Shot of the Queen Mother congratulating the Queen on her win.
- Keywords
- Sport; Horse racing
- Locations
- Ascot; Berkshire
- Footage sources
- Movietone
- Card file number
- 71033
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Length of story (in feet)
- 183
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How to cite this record
'Royal Ascot', British Movietone News Issue No. 1464, 24 Jun 1957. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/21763 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)