Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Aintree Prepares
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 4
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Repairing Aintree Racecourse. DESCRIPTION: The Grand National Course at Aintree was used for parking army vehicles during the war. Now the task is in hand to prepare for next year’s race. SHOTLIST: KS GV racecourse, with hundreds of army lorries parked on same. MS stables, "Barber Shop" painted on door of one. Various shots of jumps, Valentine’s and Becher’s being repaired, trimmed etc. by experts. GV straight, shows winning post and rails being repaired and painted.
- Keywords
- Sport; Horse racing
- Locations
- Liverpool
- Card file number
- 46266
- Credits:
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- Camera
- James Humphries
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 70
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Aintree Prepares', British Movietone News Issue No. 862, 10 Dec 1945. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13645 (Accessed 03 Mar 2025)