Royal Ascot (1949)

Unused / unissued footage - dates and locations may be unknown or unclear. Cuts from newsreel 49/48 - Royal Ascot, Berkshire. Various shots of fashionably-dressed people wandering about at the races. A miserable man selling carnation buttonholes manages a grin for the camera. M/S of normally-dressed women spectators. C/U of girl in fashionable feathered hat and fur-trimmed coat. An Indian man in top hat helps an Indian woman with her sari. Various more shots of fashionable people and toffs wandering about the stand. Women in picture hats. General views of crowds in the stand. Elevated view of group of male toffs looking through binoculars. Funny shots of ’normal’ people jigging along as they enter the grounds, carrying parasols and wearing crepe-paper hats - look like they’re having fun. L/S of open carriage bringing King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (Queen Mother) to the races, followed by Prince Philip with Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) and Princess Margaret in another royal