Movietone Presents: The Grand National 1940 Described by Raymond Glendenning (Courtesy of the BBC)

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
566
Date Released
8 Apr 1940
Date submitted
5 Apr 1940
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Section Title
Movietone Presents
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Grand National, 1940. DESCRIPTION: The World’s greatest Steeplechase is as popular as ever. "Bogskar" comes in to win four lengths ahead of "Macmoffat". SHOTLIST: Various crowd shots, most of the men are wearing uniform. The two Jones Brothers are there both wearing greatcoats over the jockey dress. In the walk-round, these horses are prominent "Kilstar", "Royal Danielli", "Tuckmill" (watched by his owner Private Gordon Roll) and MacMoffat. The jockeys mount "MacMoffat" (10), "Downright" (26), Takvor Pacha (19) and Bachelor Prince (25). Shots of the race which is won by M Jones on "Bogskar" with "MacMoffat" second and Gold Arrow third. Lord Stalbridge leads in the winner.
Keywords
Sport; Horse racing; Economics; Business and commerce
Locations
Aintree
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
38725
Credits:
Commentator
Raymond Glendenning
Length of story (in feet)
283
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone Presents: The Grand National 1940 Described by Raymond Glendenning (Courtesy of the BBC)', British Movietone News Issue No. 566, 8 Apr 1940. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/10761 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)