Movietone News Vol 1, No 52: Phar Lap wins the 1930 Melbourne Cup

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Movietone News Vol 1, No 52: Phar Lap wins the 1930 Melbourne Cup
NFSA ID
274867
Year
1930
Courtesy
Cinesound Movietone Productions

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Excerpt from Fox Movietone coverage of the Melbourne Cup on 4 November 1930.

The footage shows the closing moments of the Cup with champion horse Phar Lap winning the race by about three lengths, filmed by the Fox Movietone crew from a position about 50 metres forward of the finish line. 

Fox Movietone were one of at least three movie crews filming the Melbourne Cup that year. 

Phar Lap
newsreels
horse racing
Melbourne Cup
1930