The Derby is an 1895 British short black-and-white silent documentary film, produced and directed by Birt Acres for exhibition on Robert W. Paul's Kinetoscopes, featuring the end of the 29 May 1895 Epsom Derby viewed from a raised position close to the finishing line with the main stand in the distance.
A photograph of Acres filming the documentary has survived, which shows that the camera used in the production was relatively portable.
[2] A stationary camera looks diagonally across a racetrack toward the infield showing the horses as they pass.
Once the race is over police officers run onto the field.
Often confused with the 1896 Derby, shot by Robert Paul, the 1895 film is now freely available to viewers in the UK in a digital restoration on the BFI Player.