Royal Ascot (1920)

Ascot, Berkshire. Long panning shot of very grand building with columns. High angled L/S of people in very posh clothes coming down the red carpeted stairs of a garden terrace. Various L/Ss of the Royal Enclosure at the Ascot race course, gentlemen in top hats and women in long dresses mill about underneath awnings and marquees. L/S of two riders on white horses escorting a Royal carriage (probably containing Queen Mary and King George V). L/S of the Royal carriage driving along the race course past crowds on spectators in the stands. Good L/S of the racecourse stands. C/U of a balcony on one of the stands, three men in top hats talking to Queen Mary. L/S of a race in progress. C/U of some of the Royal party watching from the balcony. 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 Br