The Derby - Technicolor. (1963)

This item is filmed in Technicolor. Epsom, Surrey. Pan along the Epsom racecourse - mass of cars and coaches parked around, mass crowd around the track, packed stands. Good shot of Pathe News cameraman with telephoto lens. Several shots of the crowded stands and the course. Several shots of the Pearlies. Crowd queuing for food. Close up shot of hamburgers and onions on grill. Jellied eels, being sold people eating. Prince Monolulu talking to several people. Several shots of the entertainment - parrot rolling on ground, monkeys in colourful jumpers, man blowing a balloon, rodeo man, clown etc. Women queuing for toilets, crowd around. Prime Minster, Harold Macmillan arriving with several other fashionably dressed women and men in top hats. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh arriving at the racecourse. Queen and Duke observing the horses in paddock. Queen Mother is also there, talking to a man. Horses being paraded in paddock. Jockeys arriving and mount the horses. Top shot of
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