Champion Race Horse Beaten 1941

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Title reads: "Champion Racehorse Beaten".

Melbourne, Australia.

Various shots of crowds gathered at racecourse to see "the forty thousand pound stake winner". Various C/Us of horses with favourite odds: "Ajax", "Beau Vite" and "Beaulivre". "Ajax" is expected to win.

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
37775
Sort Number:
41/011
Time in/Out:
01:14:15:00 / 01:15:20:00
Canister:
41/11
Film ID:
1069.11
Issue Date:
06/02/1941

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