Aintree - National by Name - (Eastman Colour)
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- British Movietone News
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- 3 / 3
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- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Aintree National By Name - (Eastman Colour). DESCRIPTION: Our pictures show highlights of the World’s greatest steeplechase at Aintree. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV crowds in stand. LAS flag. LAS another flag. LAS flag of USA. MS jockey onto weighing machine. MCU official writing down weight. MS jockey on weighing machine. CU official writing down weight. MS Tim Durant onto weighing machine. CU weighing machine. CU Tim Durant on weighing machine. Pan up Mrs Topham using private lift. GV horses paraded in paddock. MS Freddie paraded. MLS jockey mounting horse. MLS rider mounting No 23 April Rose. CU pan girl wearing fur boots. GV horses ridden out onto course. MS ditto. MCU Tim Durant rides King Pin onto course. MCU No 17 Dorimont ridden onto course. BS horse ridden out onto course. MCU man with binoculars. LS No 1 Fujino-O walked along course followed by No 2 Freddie and No 3 What a Myth. MCU man with binoculars. LS No 27 L’Empereur ridden by Duke of Alberquerque walked along course. GV Aintree course in front of grandstand. LS Grand National race board. GV horses at start of Grand National. MS man with binoculars. GV pan start of Grand National. Top shot. Crowd. Tracking shot. Horses over first fence with No 29 Willow King in the lead. Tracking shot. No 29 in lead from No 6 Forest Prince. GV horses over Becher’s Brook with Popham Down falling. MS woman with binoculars. MLS Popham Down jumps up after falling. Tracking shot. No 6 Forest Prince leading over Valentines. GV horses over jump. GV pan horses over water jump. GV horses starting on second time round. LS Tim Durant on King Pin. MS people watching from stand. Tracking shot. No 6 Forest Prince leading from Greek Scholar. Tracking shot. Ditto. Tracking shot. Ditto. Tracking shot. No 6 leading, pan to Freddie No 2 moving up on the inside. Tracking shot. Anglo leading Freddie over last jump. Top shot. Crowd. GV Anglo leading on run to finish. MS crowd. GV Anglo past winning post followed by Freddie and Forest Prince. MCU man lowers binoculars. Top shot. Anglo ridden into unsaddling enclosure. MS pan ditto. MS Stuart Levy the owner standing by Anglo. MS trainer standing by Anglo. MS crowds watching. MS Anglo in unsaddling enclosure. Movietonews colour end title.
- Keywords
- Sport; Horse racing
- Locations
- Liverpool; Aintree
- Card file number
- 90935
- Credits:
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- Camera
- Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
- Camera
- John Abbott
- Camera
- John Mould
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Camera
- Martin Gray
- Camera
- Norman Fisher
- Camera
- Ronald E. Collins
- Camera
- Samuelson
- Length of story (in feet)
- 566
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'Aintree - National by Name - (Eastman Colour)', British Movietone News Issue No. 1921, 28 Mar 1966. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/26379 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)