Jockey Colours (1955)

Newmarket, Suffolk. C/U of a grey and white jockey shirt and hat which are arranged on a stand. Narrator states that: “Design is the keynote of the way by which we identify jockeys in the field - with the famous colours of the turf.“ C/U of a horses head. Pan down to show two young jockeys straightening the reigns. What is not immediately apparent is that the horse is a model (very realistic!). The jockeys look very young - probably only about 12 or 13, they are named as Wally Swinburn and Charlie Carton (according to paperwork). They are at the workrooms of one of Britain’s six professional jockey’s colours outfitters. C/U of one of the boys, he smiles. The boys walk towards a workbench where a man is wrapping some “silks“ in tissue paper then placing them in boxes. The boys go over and watch him work. One of them helps to wrap them up. C/U of a box being packed. Narrator informs us that jockey’s silks are now actually made of nylon. M/S of three women at sewing machines working on the