The Grand National

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1608
Date Released
28 Mar 1960
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Mr Khrushchev in Paris
  2. 2The Grand National

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 2
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Grand National. DESCRIPTION: There are plenty of other ‘chases, but there’s only one Grand National! Our pictures show all the highlights of the world’s greatest steeplechase. SHOTLIST: GV course. Bookies (4). Horses in paddock (4). Woman picks horse on race card with pin. Mr Butler and Lord Sefton inspect course. BS GV parade. TS same. Pan to No 2 to No 4 to No 5. Zoom to No 8. CU No 8. Binoculars (3). Start of race. Crowd with binoculars. LS racing and two jumps. CU racing and jump. Slow motion - Becher’s. Racing and jumps. Canal Turn. Racing. CU No 30 leading (Tea Fiend). Horses over jump. ‘Tea Fiend’ leading second time round. People with binoculars. Horses racing. Slow motion Becher’s. BS Becher’s. SS same. LS Canal Turn. Badanloch and Merryman. Merryman leading. Zoom to finish of race. Winner led in. Winner in enclosure (2). CU Miss Wallace. CU Pat Smythe. MS ‘Merryman’ (2).
Keywords
Sport; Horse racing; Gambling; Politics and government; Economics; Business and commerce; Newsreels
Locations
Aintree; England
Footage sources
Movietone
Pathe
Card file number
79707
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
438
Story extras:
Film clip

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