Prelude to Grand National

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1344
Date Released
7 Mar 1955
Date submitted
3 Mar 1955
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Leopardstown Races & Grand National Publicity (Conference of the Newsreels on the Course). DESCRIPTION: Some of the Grand National entries were on view recently during the running of the Leopardstown Chase. Copp was the winner of the thousand pound prize. Other favourites have been on view during training. At Aintree, itself, Mrs Topham inspects the modifications to some of the fences. SHOTLIST: The grandstand at Leopardstown racecourse where the crowds are seen watching the big race. In the paddock famous horses seen parading. Royal Tan, Sundew and Copp. Then the finish of the big race. GV. Shots of other horses. Arthur Thompson with Goosander. Shot of Tudor Line. Mrs Topham supervising alterations at Becher’s Brook. Slip Pan. A GV of a conference in the open at the racecourse of all the newsreels, in preparation for the Grand National coverage. The camera pans round and our cuts are almost entirely of our own men. Mr Ramsden, P Wyand, D Stiles, K Hanshaw, M Gray & D Samuelson. Then a shot showing the cars all in a line with the cameras fixed on top about to rehearse a run round the course. The cars moving off. (All newsreel cars appear).
Keywords
Horse racing
Locations
Liverpool; Aintree; Republic of Ireland; Leopardstown
Footage sources
Gaumont
Card file number
63023
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
93
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Prelude to Grand National', British Movietone News Issue No. 1344, 7 Mar 1955. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/19900 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)