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2 L.S. High angle on to dense crowd facing camera.
3 L.S. Crowds wandering about in front of grandstand.
4 M.S. Young lady spectator looking at race-card and then chatting to neighbours.
5 M.S. Jockey Johnny Longden talking to his wife.
6 C.S. Johnny Longden.
7 L.S. High angle on to crowd ; racecourse in background.
8 C.S. Bookie.
9 M.S. Punters inspecting their race-cards.
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Commentator : 6 15
Ascot weather greets the season's last classic, the St. Leger —
— Britain's oldest and richest 4 9 race. Sweltering thousands —
— pack Doncaster's course. 4 12 The crowd's big talking point —
— is how America's Johnny 5 4 Longden will do in this —
— his first big race in England. 3 8
Music gets louder. 5 12
Music continues. Music faaes down.
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10 L.S. Race board being hoisted up.
L.S. High angle on to course.
12 M.C.S. Aga Khan.
13 L.S. Gordon Richards as he walks towards camera into C.S. and then past camera right.
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L.S. High angle on to the paddock where horses are being paraded.
F.S. Horse No. 15 being led across right to left.
M.S. Johnny Longden being helped into the saddle.
L.S. Johnny Longden riding towards camera. Camera tilts down and stops with his leg in centre of frame.
C.S. Johnny Longden's leg, his foot in stirrup.
L.S. Crowd ; shooting across grandstand.
Commentator : 4 I
For the first time in many years, the year's Derby winner is not —
— in the Leger Field, and not 5 6 even race-goer Number One, the Aga Khan —
— quite knows what to make 6 5 of it. Champion jockey Gordon Richards, several times the Leger winner —
— carries much of the public's 10 money, but any one of the sixteen entries can scoop the prize. With Royal Forest —
— out of it, Gordon is up on 3 6 Krakatao —
— while his American oppo 2 13 site number —
— Johnny Longden mounts 3 I I Mon Chatelain.
Note his typical American 5 14 style : the short stirrup. Music gets louder.
Music continues.
Music continues.
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