The Grand National 1969 1969

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Titles read: 'SPECIAL! - THE GRAND NATIONAL 1969'.

This item is in colour.

Aintree, Liverpool, Merseyside.

Several shots show empty grounds at Aintree in the early morning, being prepared for the events of Grand National Day. A man waters a flowerbed, another rakes over soil...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
57193
Sort Number:
69/027
Time in/Out:
01:16:27:00 / 01:24:38:00
Canister:
69/27
Film ID:
2099.08
Issue Date:
31/03/1969

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