St Leger

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2154A
Date Released
17 Sep 1970
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: St Leger. DESCRIPTION: A convincing victory in the St Leger makes the Canadian-bred colt Nijinsky the first racehorse to win the Triple Crown - 2,000 Guineas, Derby & St Leger - since 1935. Starting at odds-on, Nijinsky gives champion jockey Lester Piggott his fifth win in the race and owner Charles Engelhard his fourth Leger win in seven years. SHOTLIST: LV horses around paddock including Charlton No 2, SV Nijinsky. CU pan ditto’s head. SCU Lester Piggott enters paddock. GV crowd & grandstand. CU race card pan up to girl. CU man reading race card. GTV crowds & bookies. LV bookies. CU bookie. CU girl looking up. CU bookies board. STV Lester Piggott mounts Nijinsky. GV crowd & horses with jockeys up parading. SV pan Piggott on Nijinsky. TV crowds. SV horses with Nijinsky move up to starting gate. CU pan No 5 (King of the Castle). GV horses by starting gate. CU pan Nos 11 & 12, GV crowds in stand. LV pan horses out of starting gate pan to BV as they race away. SV crowd. GV horses down straight, Nijinsky neck and neck with No 9 Politico. Nijinsky now in lead, Meadowville comes into 2nd place, Nijinsky passes post. CUs (4) Nijinsky trots pass after race Mr O’Brien. Nijinsky led into winners enclosure. Mr Engelhard, the owner, Nijinsky led around, pan ditto.
Keywords
Sport; Horse racing; Gambling; Economics; Business and commerce
Locations
Doncaster
Card file number
96349
Credits:
Camera
Cedric Baynes
Camera
Denis White
Camera
John Abbott
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
197
Story extras:
Film clip

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'St Leger', British Movietone News Issue No. 2154A, 17 Sep 1970. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/28494 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)