The Great Metropolitan

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1507A
Date Released
24 Apr 1958
Date submitted
22 Apr 1958
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Great Metropolitan. DESCRIPTION: The first day of the Epsom Spring Meeting. Plenty of customers and great activity marked the moment before the big race, the Great Metropolitan Handicap. A field of sixteen for the stiff race of about two miles and a quarter. HOLLYHOCK wins at 9 to 1. SHOTLIST: GV crowd. CU bookmaker. CU Tic-tack man. CU same. MS horses around paddock. CU crowd. CU 2 women. MS jockeys mount. CU same. MS same. CU board of runners. GV crowd. MS start of race. TS racing. Pan of horses. MS racing in country No 20 leading MS racing. ‘Festive’ in lead. Pan round Tattenham Corner. Top shot finish of race. Hollyhock wins.
Keywords
Sport; Horse racing; Gambling
Locations
Epsom; England; Surrey
Card file number
73513
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Jeffrey K. Shearley
Camera
John Davies
Camera
Ken Taylor
Camera
Robert Turner
Length of story (in feet)
107
Story extras:
Film clip

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'The Great Metropolitan', British Movietone News Issue No. 1507A, 24 Apr 1958. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22344 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)