British Movietone News Presents

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

617

Date Released

31 Mar 1941

Date Other

Mar 1941

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Yugoslavia Finds Its Soul
2. 2Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Bases for USA - Agreement Signed
3. 3Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Her Majesty Inspects "Queens" Messengers
4. 4British Movietone News Presents

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Grand National Highlights. DESCRIPTION: SPORTING MEMORIES - GRAND NATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS - As there’s no Grand National this year, Movietone looks back on the highlights of the last six years. Beginning with "Golden Miller" in 1934 and finishing with last year’s race. SHOTLIST: Symposium made up of material from Grand National stories starting from 1934 to 1940. Slow motion shot of horse crashing should be remembered.

Keywords

Sport; Accidents and disasters; Newsreels

Footage sources

Library

Card file number

41081

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

283

Story extras:

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