News in Colour: Movietone Goes to Aintree

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2026

Date Released

1 Apr 1968

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1. 1News in Colour: Movietone Goes to Aintree

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Section Title

News in Colour

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Movietone Goes to Aintree (Colour). DESCRIPTION: In this special edition, we present a Colour record of the greatest Steeplechase in the world. Al the highlights of the Grand National, with a ringside seat alongside the rails to capture all the action - all the thrills - of this spectacular among sporting events. SHOTLIST: Zoom out crowd in stand at Aintree. LS Union Jack - shot goes out of focus. MLS horses parade in paddock - shot comes into focus. MLS jockeys in paddock. CU horse’s head. MS jockey in paddock. MCU horses led around paddock. CU horse No 2 Different Class in paddock. CU David Mould on Different Class in paddock. MS Willie Robinson mounts Quintin Bay. MS Pat Buckley on Rutherfords. MS horses led out of paddock. GV horses parading in front of stand. LS What a Myth (No 1) parading. LS Different Class (No 2) parading. LS Foinavon (No 20) parading. LS Red Alligator (No 22) ridden by Brian Fletcher parading. LS Tim Durant on No 35 High Landie parading. GV horses parading in front of stand. MCU woman looking at race card. Trucking shot horses over first two jumps - Valbus, The Fosse, Princeful and Rutherfords leading rest of field. Reynard’s Heir No 18 in foreground. Trucking shot No 43 Valbus ridden by Robin Langley leading rest of field over jumps. Trucking shot horses head during race. GV Princeful, Valbus & Forecastle leading rest of field over Becher’s Brook, Nigel Thorne remounts Polaris Missile after falling. GV horses around Canal Turn. Trucking shot No 43 Valbus on far side with No 17. The Fossa in lead over jumps. Trucking shot No 17 The Fossa leading rest of field. GV horses over fence No 35 High Landie ridden by Tim Durant at end of field. GV horses over water jump. Pan to Foinavon who fell at jump. LS Foinavon lying on ground. GV horses around bend. CU horses head during race. Trucking shot No 17 The Fossa leading. Trucking shot ditto No 4 Rondetto on far side. GV horses over Becher’s Brook for the second time round. Trucking shot leading horses after Becher’s. GV Tim Durant falls off at Becher’s, he then remounts. Trucking shot Red Alligator No 22 on far side with The Fossa and Different Class. Trucking shot No 22 Red Alligator in lead over jump. LS Red Alligator leading field over last jump followed by Different Class and Moidore’s Token. Trucking shot riderless horses running beside track. LS Tim Durant on No 35 High Landie over last fence. CU horse’s head during race. LS pan No 22 Red Alligator wins the 1968 Grand National. MS Red Alligator led in unsaddling enclosure with Brian Fletcher in the saddle. MS crowd. MCU Red Alligator in enclosure.

Keywords

Sport; Horse racing

Locations

Liverpool; Aintree; England

Card file number

93385

Credits:

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Camera

John Abbott

Camera

John Mould

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Norman Fisher

Camera

Ronald E. Collins

Length of story (in feet)

575

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