The Grand National

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2497
Date Released
10 Apr 1977
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Grand National

Story

Story No. within this Issue
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Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Grand National. DESCRIPTION: The 1977 Grand National will go down in the annals of Horse Racing history as the year of ‘Red Rum’s’ third winAlso making ‘National’ history was Charlotte Brew, on her mount ‘Barony Fort’, the first woman to ride in the race. The gallant Charlotte nearly completed the course, but her horse refused at the 27th fenceAt Becher’s Brook the second time round, the two leading horses fell and ‘Red Rum’ took the lead to romp home twenty-five lengths ahead of second placed ‘Churchtown Boy’. SHOTLIST: GV race track with crowds. MS people. MCU woman in fur hat. MCU woman in cowboy hat. GV race track. MS jockey talking. In foreground No 11 "War Bonnet". MS jockeys walking out. MS ‘Davy Lad’ being led around. MS ‘Red Rum’ being led around. GV paddock with horses round. MS bookie taking bets. MCU woman in fur hat. MS horses and riders onto track. MS ‘Red Rum’ with jockey. Tommy Stack walking round followed by ‘What A Buck’ with jockey J King followed by ‘Zeta’s Boy’ with jockey M Morris. MCU man with binoculars. MS ‘Boom Docker’ with jockey J Williams followed by ‘Carroll Street’ jockey R Linley. MS horse walked out of paddock pan with ‘Barony Fort’ with jockey Charlotte Brew. CU Miss Brew. MS policewoman on horseback. MS No 41 onto course. MS people watching. Horses at starting line. MS demonstrators - same being moved away. MS start of race. Horses away. Tracking with horses over 1st jump. ‘Willy What’ falls. Track with ‘Boom Docker’. Over 2nd jump with Sebastien in the lead. Over fence No 3 tracking with ‘Andy Pandy’ over fence 3. ‘Davy Lad’ falls. Tracking up to fence 4 - ‘Harban’ falls and brings down ‘Fort Vulgan’. Horses over fence 5. MCU tracking with horses up to Becher’s Brook. MLS horses over Becher’s - leader ‘Sebastien’ falls as also ‘Winter Rain’ who broke his neck. MCU man with binoculars. MS fallen jockeys being picked up. Tracking with horses over fence No 7. Fence No 8. ‘Boom Docker’ in lead over fence and turns into Canal Turn followed by rest. Low angle under Valentine’s Brook as horses go over. Tracking as rest go over. Tracking over fence 10 with ‘Boom Docker’ 1st and ‘Brown Admiral’ 2nd. Tracking as they come up to fence No 14. ‘Boom Docker’ over followed by the rest. MCU man with binoculars. MLS ‘Boom Docker’ over fence 15 - the Water Jump - pan with him. MS horses round corner. Tracking as horses come up to fence 17 ‘Boom Docker’ refuses. Horses over fence 17 with ‘Andy Pandy’ now in lead. Horses over fence 18. Tracking with horses up to fence 20. Horses over 20 with ‘Andy Pandy’ in lead, with ‘What A Buck’, ‘Hidden Value’, ‘Red Rum’ and ‘Nereo’ following. Over fence No 21. ‘Andy Pandy’ up to fence. Becher’s and jumps but falls as does ‘Nereo’. ‘Red Rum’ now in the lead. Tracking with horses to fence No 23 - jumped with Red Rum in the lead. As horse jumps fence 23 into Canal Turn one jockey falls and staggers around. Low angle under Valentine’s as horses go over, Red Rum in the lead. Tracking as rest go over Valentine’s. Woman with binoculars. MS ‘Barony Fort’ over fence 24 and into Canal Turn. Tracking with horses as they come up to fence 26 with Red Rum in the lead. Same jumped. MS ‘Churchtown Boy’ followed by ‘Pilgarlic’. MS Red Rum coming to finishing post. MS Red Rum past post. MLS crowds round Red Rum to enclosure. MCU Grand National Cup. MS Tommy Stack dismounting. MS Stack taking saddle off. MS Ginger McCain, Red Rum’s trainer, being congratulated. MCU Red Rum.
Keywords
Sport; Horse racing
Locations
Liverpool; Aintree
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
77/65
Credits:
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
705
Story extras:
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