National Hunt Steeplechase 1941

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Title reads: "National Hunt Steeplechase".

Cheltenham Racecourse, Gloucestershire.

L/S of the crowd in the grandstand. M/S of the horses at the starting gates, pan with them as they race around track. Various shots of the field taking the jumps with several cut-ins of the crowd, many...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
38574
Sort Number:
41/024
Time in/Out:
01:54:08:00 / 01:54:48:00
Canister:
41/24
Film ID:
1109.47
Issue Date:
24/03/1941

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