| ROYAL ASCOT Fashion, racing and Royalty at Royal Ascot, Berkshire. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5027 |
| Catalog #: | 364765 | |
| Clip Number: | 364765-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 68/50 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Berkshire | |
| Year Shot: | 1968 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FASHION: Women's SPORTS/EQUESTRIAN: Thoroughbred Racing | |
| Description: | ROYAL ASCOT Fashion, racing and Royalty at Royal Ascot, Berkshire. Opens with two girls in micro mini skirts walking. LS of crowds strolling on lawn. Woman with big hat of pink feathers. Woman with white broad-brimmed hat with birdcage on top with real bird in it. Rules have been relaxed and some men wear regular suits; but most wear the traditional morning clothes; with grey top hats. Various crowd shots. Women with huge hats. Queen Elizabeth II and the Queen Mother stand in middle of ring; where horses are led around; looking at their programs and at the horses; very serious. LS of the enclosure; people standing on stands around it; a few people; the Queen and Queen Mum included; in the middle where the horses are led around in a circle. CU of horse. Then LS of horses in parade for the Queen's Vase. Shot of the stands; boxes at the race track - like layers of balconies. Then an actual race; horses galloping on a lovely green track. And then more crowd shots. CU Woman with a gigantic hat; which could provide shelter for five. Girl walking by in red minidress with white hat and umbrella. Finally; two men helping an actress to slide out of a dress made of real flowers. Underneath she has on a bikini also made of flowers. She puts on a flower hat; too. CU two old ladies in garish hats. Then the "actress" and a man walking off. Fashion; events | |
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