Various shots of the men and women milling around Aintree race course before start of the Grand National horse race. Close up shot of the 66 year old jockey Tim Durrant talking to another man. Various shots...
Various shots of the men and women milling around Aintree race course before start of the Grand National horse race. Close up shot of the 66 year old jockey Tim Durrant talking to another man. Various shots of the horses being paraded in paddock. Various shots of the bookies, tic-tac men and the people making betting decisions. Jockeys mounting horse. Various shots of the race and the people watching it - dramatic music. Long take, travel shot, of the race, horses going over jumps, some fall, not many. More shots of the race, some front shots. Forest Prince in the lead during the first part of the race. Some nasty falls are seen in the later part of the race. Forest Prince still in the lead. Anglo takes the lead after the last jump, Forest Prince and Freddie follow. Anglo wins the race. Crowd cheering as Anglo moves into winning enclosure. Crowd looking on. Anglo in the winning enclosure with his owner Stewart Levvy, producer of 'Carry on' films. Police officer guarding trophy. Close up shot of Anglo. Anglo and owner in enclosure, cheering crowd around.
This is negative, quite badly scratched - print also transferred - Film ID 1791.02.
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