YORK racegoers will be able to take a trip down memory lane at this weekend’s Knavesmire meeting.

Archive cine film from the Yorkshire Film Archive shot on York race days dating back nearly 70 years will be shown on the racecourse’s two giant screens and individual screens in the grandstand bars and private boxes between races on Friday and Saturday.

Graham Relton, the Yorkshire Film Archive manager, said: “Screening unique archive footage at such a prestigious venue as York Races is a great way for the Yorkshire Film Archive to reach mass audiences who may not have engaged with archive film before.

“We are confident the footage will be a winner on the day.

“It might even encourage racegoers to come forward with their old 16mm and 8mm cine film of sporting days long gone; we’d love to take a look at them.”

The film features the horses, the fashions, the crowds and the cars that have filled Knavesmire since the 1920s. Staff at the archive went through its collection to put together the film under the title Racing Reels.

They teamed up with the racecourse to bring extra entertainment to the tens of thousands of racegoers expected to watch the action.

The films are both black and white and include a Budget newsreel from 1921, an Ebor race day in the late 1930s, 1960s Magnet Cup meets and the fashions of the 1970s.

The following footage is from the 1960 John Smith's Magnet Cup