Sweepers At Ascot (1962)

Soho, London. Road sweepers are rewarded for their hard work the owner of a tailors on their patch takes them to Ascot for the day. Various shots of three road sweepers at work. C, U of the three looking at a newspaper report about Ascot. C, U of top hats and tails in the tailor s window. The road sweepers enter the tailors shop. C, U of a top hat being removed from its stand. M, S of the tailors coming out of the shop dressed in top hats and tails. They discard their brushes and get into a Rolls Royce. Various C, Us of the road sweepers and tailor, Lou Young inside the Rolls. Long panning shot of crowds at Ascot. The road sweepers get out of the Rolls and enter an enclosure two are conspicuously the only black men at Ascot. Various shots of the road sweepers eating fine food and sipping champagne the narrator suggests it s better than pie, beans and mild and bitter. Lou is seen popping the cork on a bottle of Moet. C, U of a bookie signing the odds. M, S of the road sweepers looking