The Grand National is Coming

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1449A

Date Released

14 Mar 1957

Date Other

Mar 1957

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Cross Country Championships
2. 2Ghana Parliament
3. 3Singapore Remembers
4. 4News in Brief: Ship Collision
5. 5News in Brief: The Last of the Reichstag
6. 6News in Brief: Earthquake in Greece
7. 7All Mod Con for Motorists
8. 8Gaza Strip Crisis
9. 9The Grand National is Coming
10. *Wales V Ireland
11. *To Fight Tb

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

9 / 9

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Grand National Is Coming. DESCRIPTION: If you’re not going to Aintree, the only way you can enjoy the thrills of the Grand National will be on the Cinema Screen. SHOTLIST: Various shots of crowds. Shots of Mr O’Brien (Trainer). Shot of Virginius. Various shots of Glorious Twelfth cantering. MCU of Glorious Twelfth. Slip pan to row of horse walking along. MCU Much Obliged. MCU Much Obliged and Goosander.

Keywords

Horse racing

Footage sources

Gaumont British
Movietone

Card file number

70025A

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

72

Story extras:

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