The Kentucky Derby (1941)

Title reads: “Kentucky Derby“. Kentucky, United States of America (USA). Various L/Ss of the racecourse at Louisville, Kentucky. Various C/Us of women on the course wearing extravagant hats. L/S of the start of the race, camera pans with field as they go into the straight with horse No. 11, “Dispose“, in the lead. Pan with the leader as they go into the first turn. Various shots of the race in progress. Inter cut with shots of crowds watching race, including film actor Joe E Brown. At the finish “Whirlaway“ (sired by the Aga Khan’s “Blenheim the Second“ who won the English Derby of 1930) snatches the lead from “Dispose“ to win comfortably. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items fro