The Grand National - Colour Spectacular

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2078
Date Released
31 Mar 1969
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Grand National - Colour Spectacular

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Story No. within this Issue
1 / 1
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Grand National - Colour Spectacular. DESCRIPTION: The most spectacular sporting event in the world - that description is as true today as it has always been, and Movietone’s on the rails report brings the spectacle into vivid close-up. Four miles, 856 yards and thirty jumps. But behind those statistics - what drama - what heart-in-the-mouth excitement. SHOTLIST: MAIN COLOUR TITLE. MCU pan up Grand National Trophy. MCU pan down Bookmaker’s board with list of runners. MS jockeys enter paddock. MS zoom out paddock. MS Brian Fletcher mounts Red Alligator No 4. GV paddock. MS Josh Gifford mounts Bassnet. MS zoom out crowd in stand. MS pan up girl in enclosure. MCU girl wearing cowboy-type hat. MCU two women studying card. HAS Red Alligator round paddock. MS George Sloan on Peccard, one of the three greys. MS crowd. MS Bill Rees on The Beeches, another grey. MCU woman in sombrero-type hat. GV horses led onto course. MS Arcturus & Fearless Fred past. GV course. MS group studying card. MLS The Fossa & Villay past. BS Mrs Topham studying card. 2 shots horses assembling for start. MS crowd. LS pan start of race. Trucking shot - horses over first fence. Truck shot horse’s head. Truck shot leaders over fences, 29 Furore, 8 Limetra & 23 Miss Hunter. Truck shot horse’s head. Truck shot leaders over fences. LS horse over Becher’s Brook, horse falls - zoom in. LS runners over Canal Turn. Truck shot leaders Limetra, Furore & Miss Hunter. MLS runners over jump No 14. LS runners over water jump. MLS runners round turn. Truck shot leaders over jump, 33 Steel Bridge, 20 The Fossa, 14 Highland Wedding, & 30 Flosuebarb. Truck shot Nos 30, 20 & 14. MLS over Becher’s (2nd time round), two fail. LS Highland Wedding leading over the Canal Turn. Truck shot Highland Wedding leading from Steel Bridge. LAS leaders over jumps. MS crowd. LS pan Highland Wedding wins, by 15 lengths. 2 shots Highland Wedding escorted in. MS pan Eddie Harty unsaddles Highland Wedding. MS crowd. MS Highland Wedding with owner & trainer. GR COLOUR END TITLE.
Keywords
Sport; Horse racing; Gambling; Economics; Business and commerce
Locations
Liverpool; Aintree; United Kingdom
Card file number
94592
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)
534
Story extras:
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