Movietone Presents the 1949 Record of the Greatest Steeplechase in the World - The Grand National

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1034
Date Released
28 Mar 1949
Date submitted
26 Mar 1949
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Boat Race - Cambridge Win Again
  2. 2Movietone Presents the 1949 Record of the Greatest Steeplechase in the World - The Grand National

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 2
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Grand National 1949. DESCRIPTION: The greatest steeplechase of the year which is over thirty hurdles, is won by Russian Hero. SHOTLIST: KS SV Slow motion horses over jump. Several angle crowd shots. GV grandstand. Elevated GV horses parade in paddock. Jockeys weigh in, include Lord Mildmay. MS number-board. Jockeys mounting their horses. GV parade walking down the course. SCU horses passing camera. GV horses cantering down to start. Cut-in crowds. MS start (43 starters). GV & pan of horses. Going over the various jumps, over Becher’s Brook & falls. SV slow motion & normal speed over Becher’s. Swing shot of race. Canal Turn. Horses into camera just before going over jump. Slow motion SV over same jump. Slow motion out of camera & Canal Turn. Swing shot round bend. Swing shot "Royal Mount" leading. Canal Turn. "Russian Hero" over last jump & elevated GV of approach to straight & run in. "Russian Hero" winning. "Russian Hero" escorted in by mounted police. Cut-in ‘Unsaddling Enclosure’ sign. CU head of "Russian Hero".
Keywords
Horse racing
Locations
Liverpool; Aintree
Footage sources
Gaumont
Pathe
Universal
Card file number
51702
Credits:
Camera
Alec Tozer
Camera
James Humphries
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Martin Gray
Camera
Norman Fisher
Camera
Paul Wyand
Length of story (in feet)
660
Story extras:
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