The Grand National

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1399
Date Released
26 Mar 1956
Date submitted
24 Mar 1956
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Boat Race
  2. 2The Grand National

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 2
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Grand National 1956. DESCRIPTION: Movietone’s record of the world’s most famous steeplechase, run at Aintree. SHOTLIST: Various shots of the crowds. Queen alights from the car and is accompanied by the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret. MCU Queen and Queen Mother and Princess Margaret walking through crowds. Shot of crowds. Various shots of Mr Malenkov with Mrs Topham looking at jumps etc. Various shots of jockeys in the weighing room being weighed. TPS of the paddock with the horses walking around. MCU of Devon Loch. Careys Cottage, Mas Tu Yu, Pippykin and Sundew walking around the paddock. Various shots of the tic-tack men. Shot of the crowd. LS of the horses walking down to the start. MCU of the Queen. TPS of the Queen, Princess Margaret and Queen Mother. CU of the starter starting the race. Various shots of the race. Various shots of Armorial racing by himself. Various shots of the race. Slow motion - horses going over Becher’s Brook. Pippykin refuses to jump and the jockey goes flying over the top of the jump. Various shots of the race. Devon Loch in the lead, followed by ESB. Various shots of the race. Shot of the crowd looking through binoculars. Queen Mother and Queen looking through their binoculars. MLS of Devon Loch suddenly jumping and ESB passing him and winning the Grand National. Dick Francis walking away. Queen Mother and Queen. MCU of the Queen Mother. Dave Dick on ESB being brought into the winners enclosure. Various MCU of ESB and his owner Mrs Carver.
Keywords
Royalty; Sport; Horse racing; Politics and government
Locations
Liverpool; Aintree
Footage sources
Rota
Card file number
66401
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
540
Story extras:
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