Bookmakers, Crowds And Build-Up Scenes For Chester Race Course (1947)

Chester races.
Bookmakers, crowds and build-up scenes for Chester race course.
LS. Crowded stand. LS. People walking about in enclosure in front of stand. Crowded stand in background (3 shots). SCU. Bookmakers surrounded by punters. LS. Elevated pan crowded course. LS. Elevated crowds with stand in background. LS. Elevated G.V. crowds and course. MS. People in crowd. SCU. Women in crowd. SCU. Boy looking through binoculars (2 shots) SCU. Girl looking through binoculars. SCU. Two women and two young boys in crowd. SCU. Two women looking through binoculars. LS. Elevated crowds walking about. LS. Elevated crowds and bookies watching race. LS. Crowds and course showing bend. LS. Crowd. LS. Crowds walking about on area in middle of course. LS. Crowds and bend in course. LS. Horses being paraded in paddock. LS. Crowds.
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Interesting old footage of a day s racing at Chester , wonderful these films have survived as a historical record .