The World’s Greatest Sporting Contest

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1190A
Date Released
27 Mar 1952
Date submitted
20 Mar 1952
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Grand National - World’s Greatest Sporting Contest. (Cut By Mr Wiggins). DESCRIPTION: Aintree is preparing for the great day - the Grand National on April the Fifth - and it’s preparing for the hundreds of thousands who’ll be there to see the World’s greatest steeplechase. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Elevated MS empty paddock. Empty grandstand, crowded grandstand. Empty paddock, horses parade round paddock. At the start - empty. Start on actual day. First jump - empty. First jump horses going over. Empty jumps mix to horses over jumps. Last jump - empty, horses over last jump. Elevated GV empty part of course where horse is led in. Mix to horses being led in crowds around. All the ‘empty’ scenes mix to the scenes of the actual day.
Keywords
Sport; Horse racing; Buildings and structures; Newsreels
Footage sources
Library
Card file number
56954
Credits:
Camera
James Humphries
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
101
Story extras:
Film clip

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'The World’s Greatest Sporting Contest', British Movietone News Issue No. 1190A, 27 Mar 1952. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/17695 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)