Epsom Downs - The Derby (Eastman Colour)

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1826A
Date Released
4 Jun 1964
Date submitted
3 Jun 1964
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Epsom Downs - the Derby (In Colour). DESCRIPTION: Our pictures show all the highlights of the great classic race held on Epsom Downs. SHOTLIST: Title Epsom Downs Derby Day. GV grandstand. Crowds in enclosures (3 shots). CU Pearly King and Queen (2 shots). MS men wearing top hats (2 shots). MCU family picnicking by car. MCU man in back seat of car drinking. CU man eating cockles. Family by car and CU drinking wine (2 shots). People having picnic by race course rails (2 shots). MS men in top hats. MLS girl dancing on fair ground side show. Zoom into CU lady’s hat. CUs ladies’ hats (4 shots). Fairground sequence big wheel - roundabouts - fly cars etc. (10 shots). GV parade ring and horses parading. MS the Queen and President Aboud of Sudan in parade ring. MCU Santa Claus paraded. MCU Anselmo. MS Billy Fury speaking to crowd. MCU Oncidium paraded in ring. MLS Baldric II. MCU Queen Mother and Princess Margaret. MS A Breasley mounts Santa Claus. Horses walking to course (3 shots). MCU Mr and Mrs Macmillan wave to crowd. MS Sir Alec Douglas Home and wife walk past crowd. MCU Duke and Duchess of Kent and Princess Alexandra and Mr Ogilvy. MCU the Queen and President Aboud. MS Duke of Edinburgh in top hat. GV horses parade past grandstand. LS Oncidium followed by Santa Claus to start. MLS course bookies. MCU tic-tack men. CU bookie. CU pan down bookie’s runners board. CU woman waying a bet. LS Royal Box - Queen and President with binoculars. GV pan start of race and horses past camera. CU girl taking photo. GV horses into camera and past. GV pan horses approach Tattenham Corner. GV same round Tattenham Corner. MS people watching. MLS Baldric II leading with Indiana challenging Santa Claus coming up on outside field. GV Santa Claus pulling ahead of Indiana and past winning post. MCU crowd by rails. MCU Breasley on Santa Claus to unsaddling enclosure. Elevated GV enclosure as Santa Claus comes into same. MLS Breasley dismounts. MCU Santa Claus. End Title and Fade Out.
Keywords
Royalty; Sport; Horse racing; Gambling; Politics and government; Entertainment and leisure; Food and cooking; Fashion and costume
Locations
Epsom; Surrey
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
88424
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
402
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Epsom Downs - The Derby (Eastman Colour)', British Movietone News Issue No. 1826A, 4 Jun 1964. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25563 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)