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  • Short Summary

    Horse racing at Epsom.

  • Description

    Item title reads - The "City and Sub". Glorious uncertainty of the turf exemplified as Greek Bachelor - a £420 selling plater - wins from Tapin and big field of class horses. Epsom, Surrey.

    M/S of the horses walking up the side of the track and again from another angle. M/S as the horses line up at the start then set off. The camera pans across them in L/S as they run round. L/S of the big crowds in the stands, the camera pans across to the race course. M/S as the horses race up the course and past the finish line, M/S as the winning horse walks along with two uniformed men riding at either side.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    390.09
    Media URN:
    25082
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    27/04/1925
    Sound:
    Silent
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:52:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:14:23:00 / 01:16:15:00
    Canister:
    G 1184

Comments (1)

  1. jamied says

    The "City and Sub" referred to here was the City and Suburban Handicap.

    The race was run on 22 April 1925.

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