The Grand National 1961

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1660
Date Released
27 Mar 1961
Date submitted
25 Mar 1961
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Grand National 1961

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 1
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Grand National 1961. 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, run at Aintree. SHOTLIST: Fade Key. TS crowds. MS Russian flag. GV crowds. CU tic-tack man. CU another. MLS runners and riders in frame. CU punter. CU man’s hands counting notes. LS horses parading in paddock. MS Reljef and Grifel leading the parade. Zoom to owners, trainers and jockeys. MS Russian jockey, their horses walk past. MLS horses parading down course. MS Reljef, Grifel, Merryman, Mr What, Oxo, Wyndburgh, walk past. LS horses cantering down to start. GV Jimuru lashes out at Merryman. CU spectator looking through binoculars. GV start. TS Fresh Winds and Brian Oge jumping fence - Brian Oge loses jockey (slow motion). MS Prakhov on Grifel after re-mounting. GV Fresh Winds leading the field. TS race pan to Fresh Winds leading. Pan back to field. Pan to loose horse. LS race. TS Prakhov on Grifel jumping the water. CU crowd watching. TS Fresh Winds fall at fence 19. Nicolaus Silver, Wyndburgh and Merryman leading. TS same jumping Becher’s Brook (slow motion). TS race. TS Merryman leading at Canal Turn. TS Merryman, Nicolaus Silver and another battling it out. TS same jumping the last. TS Bobby Beasley driving Nicolaus Silver home. Derek Ancil on Merryman second. GV winner, crowd around. MS same. GV winner in unsaddling enclosure. MS Nicolaus Silver shaking his head. MCU same crowd in background. Winner owned by Mr Charles Vaughan.
Keywords
Sport; Horse racing
Locations
Liverpool; Aintree
Footage sources
Movietone
Pathe
Card file number
82129
Credits:
Commentator
Jeffrey K. Shearley
Length of story (in feet)
597
Story extras:
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