The Grand National

Series

Series Name: Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.

60/26

Date Released

28 Mar 1960

Length of issue (in feet)

635

Stories in this Issue:

1The Grand National

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

Outstanding pictures of this year’s Grand National in a jump by jump coverage, capturing the thrills and spills of this great sporting event, won by Merryman II

Keywords

Sport; Horse racing

Locations

Aintree

Footage sources

Movietone

Credits:

Camera: Alfred A. Tunwell
Camera: Cedric Baynes
Cutter: Cruse
Camera: David W. Samuelson
Camera: James Humphries
Camera: John Davies
Camera: Kenneth G. Goddard
Camera: Michael Samuelson
Camera: Norman Fisher
Camera: Norman William Roper
Camera: Pat Whitaker
Commentator: Robert C. Danvers Walker
Camera: Robert Kenneth Leslie Gordon

Length of story (in feet)

605

Story extras:

Film clip

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