The 126th Running of the Grand National. Colour Spectacular

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Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2131A

Date Released

7 Apr 1970

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1. 1The 126th Running of the Grand National. Colour Spectacular

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Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: News in Colour Grand National 1970. DESCRIPTION: The Grand National 1970 - and twenty eight runners face the toughest test of horse and jockey ever devised. Movietone follows the race from the rails, bringing the thrills and spills into vivid close-up. Four miles, 856 yards and 30 formidable jumps. Inevitably, there are casualties, and as they line up for home only seven of the original starters are still standing. Racing pundits said this year’s field lacked class - but the race was as dramatic and spectacular as ever. SHOTLIST: GV pan Aintree. GV zoom in Mrs Topham’s house. SV Mrs Topham reviews mounted police. SV line of mounted police. MCU Mrs Topham. LV Mrs Topham reviewing police. LAV policemen on horseback. SV Mrs Topham feeds sugar to horse. LV ditto. MCU race card. SV man reading ditto. GV pan paddock area. SV John Cook mounts No 5 ‘Specify’. SV pan No 11 ‘French Excuse’ (K White), No 13 The Otter (Buck Jones), No 15 All Glory (A Moore). CU girl. SV pan No 20 ‘The Fossa’ (Willie Robinson). SV pan No 32 ‘Vulture’ (Sean Barker). LV pan No 2 ‘Gay Trip’ (Pat Taafe). LV pan No 4 ‘Red Alligator’ (B Fletcher), pan No 6 ‘Two Springs’ (Roy Edwards), pan No 16 ' Assad’ (Josh Gifford). TV crowd around bookmakers. SV tic-tack man. SV bookmakers odds board. 2 shots Grand National trophy, SV crowd. GV pan start of race. Tracking shot. LV over first 3 fences at 3rd fence 6 horses fall, ‘Racoon’ breaks his back. Tracking shot, MCU Sean Barker. Tracking shot LV horses over fence. TS CU leaders. TS LV horses running. LV Becher’s Brook first horse over, ‘Addad’, ‘Vulture’, ‘No Justice’, ‘Miss Hunter’, ‘Ford Ord’, GV canal with spectators. LV Canal Turn ('French Excuse’ falls). TS MCU leaders J Gifford & S Barker, etc. tracking shot horses over jump (riderless horse in front). LV pan riders over the 14th. SV crowd. TV pan horses over water jump, ‘Vulture’ leading & ‘Gay Trip’ around 5th place. SV pan horses round bend to start second circuit. TS horses over jump No 23 ‘Miss Hunter’ leading. TS CU F Short on ‘Miss Hunter’. TS SV horses over jump, ‘Miss Hunter’ leading ‘Assad’. Tracking MCU Gifford & Short, tracking SV riders over jump, positions the same. Tracking MCU Short, tracking SV over jump ‘Villay’ (Derek Scott) takes lead. Tracking CU Short with Pat Taafe on ‘Gay Trip’ in b/g. SV tracking over jump ‘Miss Hunter’, ‘Villay’, ‘Gay Trip’ battling for lead. Tracking CU horses lead. LV Becher’s Brook, ‘The Otter’ falls bringing down ‘Specify’, ‘The Fossa’, & ‘No Justice’ refuse, zoom in to ‘The Otter’. Tracking CU leaders. LV pan Canal Turn ‘Villay’ still leading. Tracking CU Derek Scott on ‘Villay’. Tracking SV over jump ‘Vulture’ starts to take lead from ‘Villay’, then on next jump (4 fences from home) ‘Villay’ falls, just outside the picture. Tracking MCU S Barker on ‘Vulture’. ‘Vulture’ leading ‘Gay Trip’ who is moving up on inside. TV crowd, GV pan last fence and ‘Gay Trip’ well out in front. TV crowd, pan home straight and ‘Gay Trip’ past winning post followed by ‘Vulture’ 2nd, ‘Miss Hunter’ 3rd, ‘Dozo’ 4th, ‘Gingernut’ 5th. SV spectators. GV pan ‘Gay Trip’ rides through crowd on way to winners enclosure. LV ‘Gay Trip’ in enclosure. MCU Pat Taafe. ‘Gay Trip’. SV trainer Fred Rynal waves his hat zoom into ‘Gay Trip’s’ head. SV woman kisses ‘Gay Trip’ on head, zoom in to a tired ‘Gay Trip’.

Keywords

Sport; Horse racing; Gambling; Buildings and structures; Economics; Business and commerce; Ceremonies; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Liverpool; Aintree

Card file number

95793

Credits:

Camera

Keith Medley

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Norman Fisher

Camera

Ray Gallard

Camera

Reginald William Smith

Camera

Ronald E. Collins

Camera

Stan Goozee

Length of story (in feet)

651

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