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:

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