The Grand National is Coming

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1448

Date Released

4 Mar 1957

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Royal Visit to Harwell
2. 2The Sixth Round - Burnley V Aston Villa
3. 3The Sixth Round - Bournemouth V Manchester United
4. 4New Zealand Greets Sir Anthony
5. 5Carnival Time
6. 6Homage to BP - Scouts VC
7. 7The Grand National is Coming

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Grand National Is Coming. DESCRIPTION: It’s nearly Grand National time and, once again, if you can’t go to it (and if you want a first class view of it) you can get it on the cinema screen...every thrill from start to finish. SHOTLIST: Library Material - Various shots of the crowds. Horses line up at start. Various shots of Golden Miller winning the Grand National in 1934. Slip pan to 1936 - various shots of Davy Jones being ridden by Lord Mildmay who run off the course at the last jump. 1951 - shots of the start of the race and the first fence when a lot of horses fell. 1956 - shots of Devon Loch’s famous fall.

Keywords

Horse racing

Locations

Liverpool; Aintree

Card file number

69939A

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

98

Story extras:

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