| THE DERBY Coverage of the 1952 Derby - the famous horse race from Epsom - Tulyar wins. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5734 |
| Catalog #: | 73023 | |
| Clip Number: | 73023-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 52/44 | |
| Timecode: | 01:51:42 - 01:57:19 | |
| Location: | Epsom, Surrey, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1952 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Misc. ENTERTAINMENT: Street Performers FOOD/RESTAURANTS: Street Vendors GAMBLING: Horse Racing LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Surrey SPORTS/EQUESTRIAN: Thoroughbred Racing | |
| Description: | See also catalog # 309697, 44240, & 73024. THE DERBY. The 1952 Derby. 1st Tulyar, 2nd Gay Time, 3rd Faubourg. Horses involved include - Fiery Torch, Faubourg, Caerlaverock, Hasty Prince, Thunderhead, Bob Major, HVC, Tulyar, Monarch More, Gay Time, Silnet. Epsom Races, Surrey. GV of crowds and course. Grandstand in the the background. LV Grandstand and crowds in foreground. GV. People assembled on the Downs near the course. MS Cockney Family (Pearlies) walking. GV. of crowds and course at Tattenham Corner. MS Bookmaker standing next to board. CU board listing all the horses that will be competing. LS Epsom racetrack. CU old woman, pan down to newpaper in her hands. LS crowds. CU man playing the accordian. MS man with monkey on his shoulder playing the accordian for assembled crowd. CU old woman. SV. Jellied Eels stall. CU. Hand sorting over jellied eels. MS gypsy woman calling out that she will tell fortunes. MS woman reading a man's palm to tell his fortune, she tells him to beware of the French! (Glitches in the tape at this point). CU man who is having his palm read nodding his head. MS man dressed in a jockey's uniform entertaining the crowd with a comedy routine. CU one man band performing. Bookmaker in trilby hat calls out the odds for the race. CU another bookie shouting odds. VS of bookies at work (giving odds, collecting bets). GV. Horses in the Paddock. STV. Horses parading. LV. Jockeys into paddock. LV. Jockeys in paddock. CU. Moira Lister (actress) in paddock. LV. Pan Jockeys mounting. SV. (Film Stars / Actors) Anna Neagle, Herbert Wilcox and Margaret Lockwood. Angle shot No. 31 and No. 32 leaving paddock. LV. Indicator Board. LV. Towards Parade. SV. No. 4. pan to No.5. in parade. SV. No. 11 Silnet in parade. STV. No. 18. Tulyar in parade. GV. Horses cantering down course. LV. Other horses in parade. SV. No. 24. Bob Major in parade. GTV. of massed crowds LV. Horses milling at start. & SV. SV. Bookies gesturing. SV. Horses lined up at starting gate start, pan to B.V. one left behind. Head on shot. Horses racing Towards. LV. Towards and pan horses rounding bushes. Big GV. racing along top of course towards Tattenham Corner. LV. Towards and pan rounding Tattenham Corner. No. 25 leading around corner. No. 8. HVC. goes to front. But No. 18. Tulyar (Charlie Smirke up) begins run. He takes lead just as 23 Gay Time (Lester Piggot up) comes into picture and races to challenge him (back view to horses racing sending up dust.) GV. Racing towards finish - No.23 Gay Time challenging strongly past post (No. 18.) Tulyar wins. SV. Crowd. STV. Prince Aly Khan (son of the Aga Khan, owner of the winning horse) leading winner into unsaddling enclosure. CU. Winner's head. | |


