Speed - The Derby Sweepstakes (1937)

Title reads: “SPEED - THE DERBY SWEEPSTAKES“. London. Procession of floats with speed as a theme, ready to start moving. Futuristic car model, boats and planes drown on grand panels, people in costumes ready to go, lots of girls. Large cage filled with racing pigeons. Several shots of the people in pigeon costumes - covered with feathers - placing tickets into large mixing drums and mixing them for this year’s Derby Sweepstakes. 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 British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can