ROYAL ASCOT - A VINTAGE YEAR! In perfect weather rank outsider wins Royal Hunt Cup and Italian horse the Gold Cup.

Record ID: 248276

  • Title: ROYAL ASCOT - A VINTAGE YEAR! In perfect weather rank outsider wins Royal Hunt Cup and Italian horse the Gold Cup.
  • Date: 13th July 1955
  • Summary: Ascot, Berks, England: GV Crowds with stand in b-g. SV People arriving. SV Lady Docker and Sir Bernard with another gentlemen. SV Arrival of lady in Eastern dress. SV the Aga Khan and Begum. GV Crowds outside Tote board. SV Fashions - with people walking across lawns. CU Woman in large circular hat. GV Paddock for Royal Hunt Cup. SCU Fashionable woman with wide-brimmed hat and rose at side. TCU Woman in large hat with feathers. GV Horses going down to start. SCU Queen and Queen Mother on balcony, Margaret behind, Royal Hunt Cup in f-g. Pan shot: Start of Royal Hunt Cup. TV runners coming along straight. SCU Queen and Queen Mother watching from balcony through binoculars. Pan shot: Finish of race won by Nicholas Nickleby. GV Crowds in stands. TV Queen and Queen Mother walk through crowds towards paddock. GV Royals walking in paddock for Gold Cup runners. SV Horses round paddock. SCU Queen and Queen Mother looking at horses. TV Royals walking towards through crowds, Princess Alexandra at back, woman curtsies in Queen's path. GV Crowds round Tote. SCU Queen in Royal box, with Gold Cup on balcony in f-g. Pan shot: Start of Gold Cup and pan. STV People looking through binoculars. Pan shot: Horses past post for first time. SCU Princess Margaret and Duchess of Kent etc. in Royal box. Pan shot: Horses racing on far side of course. SV People looking through glasses. TV Pan finish of race won by 'Botticelli' Sport; Horseracing; Great Britain Initials LINDEMAN, FARMER, READ, HAWKINS, GEMMELL, DUDLEY Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 28th July 1955 13:00
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  • Location: ASCOT, BERKS, ENGLAND
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  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Reuters ID: LVA8HKKVGMPJLC0PA7CKPHV46ZDE
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  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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