The Grand National

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2549
Date Released
9 Apr 1978
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Grand National
  2. *The Ski Show
  3. *Water Gliding
  4. *Golf
  5. *New Tyre
  6. *Vintage Car Rally

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Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Grand National. DESCRIPTION: Veteran of Aintree and three times National winner ‘Red Rum’ led the Parade before the start of the 1978 Grand National Steeplechase. Injury denied ‘Rummy’ the chance to try for his fourth victory and he has now been retired. Favoured horses ‘Tied Cottage’ and ‘Master H’ were among the early fallers and only fifteen of the thirty-seven starters completed the tough National Course. The finish was the tightest for many years with ‘Lucius’ winning by just a half a length and a neck from ‘Sebastian V’ and ‘Drumroan’. ‘Lucius’ was ridden by Bob Davies (who only got the ride two days before) and owned by Mrs Fiona Whitaker from Fife. SHOTLIST: LS ‘Red Rum’ in back ground with ‘What a Lad’. Pan ditto. CU Ginger McCain ('Red Rum’s’ trainer). MS ‘Red Rum’ past limping. LV crowd with umbrellas. MS ditto. GV ditto. Zoom jockeys in paddock. LV No 3 ‘Tied Cottage’ in paddock. LV jockey mounts No 26 ‘Churchtown Boy’. LV No 2 ‘Shifting Gold’. LV jockey onto No 15 ‘Golden Whin’. LV No 4 ‘Rag Trade’ past. LV No 5 ‘Master H’ mounted. GV ‘Red Rum’ leads parade down course. LV ditto. CU ditto. GV horses parade down course. LV No 9 ‘Lucius’ pan to No 10 ‘Roman Bar’ pan to No 11 ‘War Bonnet’. LV Nos 9 & 10. LV No 29 ‘Lord Browndodd’ pan to No 30 ‘Nereo’. GV crowd. MS horses milling at start. MS starter on rostrum. MS start of race. Tracking over fence No 1, over jump No 2, 3, 4 & 5. LV Becher’s Brook ‘Tied Cottage’ and ‘Gleaming Rain’ fall. Tracking No 7 ‘April Seventh’ falls. GV towards Canal Turn and over tracking to Valentines. LAS horses over Valentines. Tracking No 10 falls. LV over jumps 13 & 14 ‘Double Bridal’ falls at No 13 pan to CU No 9 ‘Lucius’ joined by No 23 ‘Sebastian V’ and ‘Churchtown Boy’. GV Over hump 15 ('Churchtown Boy’ falls) then onto Water Jump. MS horses past 2nd time around. Tracking over jumps 20 & 21. GV Becher’s Brook ‘Harben’ falls zoom into No 6 ‘Tamalin’ jockey Graham Thorner makes recovery. Tracking over Jump No 27 ‘Sebastian V’ followed by ‘Lucius’ and No 29 ‘Lord Browndodd’. GV over jump No 30 pan to ‘Sebastian V’ - ‘Lucius’ moves up followed by ‘Drumroan’. GV horses towards finish and past - ‘Lucius’ wins. MS pan winner past. LV ‘Lucius’ led in through crowd pan jockey Bob Davies. CU horse’s head pan to jockey. MS jockey dismounts. MS crowd. MS horse led away. JOCKEYS: Bob Davies - Winner, G Thorner, John Francome, Reg Crank, Jonjo O’ Neill, Steve Holland, Martin Blackshaw.
Keywords
Horse racing
Locations
Liverpool; Aintree
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
78/55
Credits:
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
720
Story extras:
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