The Grand National
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 3
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Tan Wins Grand National. DESCRIPTION: 250,000 people were at Aintree to witness the greatest steeplechase event in the World. Twenty nine runners started the race - nine finished and one of the most thrilling finishes was fought out between Royal Tan and Tudor Line. Royal Tan won for Ireland by a neck. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Slow motion horses jumping over Becher’s, library material. GV crowds, bookies, etc. Start of race. Jumping over the various fences, falls etc. Field thinning out, over last fence, Royal Tan, Tudor Line, who fight it out neck & neck, Royal Tan just wins. Winners enclosure, close-ups of winner, with owner, trainer etc., & congratulations all round.
- Keywords
- Sport; Horse racing; Gambling; Newsreels
- Locations
- Aintree
- Footage sources
- British Paramount News
Gaumont British News Rota
Pathe Rota
- Card file number
- 60741
- Credits:
-
- Camera
- Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
- Camera
- James Humphries
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Camera
- Martin Gray
- Camera
- Terry O’Brien
- Length of story (in feet)
- 420
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How to cite this record
'The Grand National', British Movietone News Issue No. 1296, 5 Apr 1954. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/19143 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)