THE GRAND NATIONAL Early Mist 'walks away' with world's biggest steeplechase by twenty lengths from Mont Tremblant. Only five finish out of field of thirty-one. Paramount's jump-by-jump report brings thrilling race to life again.

Record ID: 636573

  • Title: THE GRAND NATIONAL Early Mist 'walks away' with world's biggest steeplechase by twenty lengths from Mont Tremblant. Only five finish out of field of thirty-one. Paramount's jump-by-jump report brings thrilling race to life again.
  • Date: 28th March 1953
  • Summary: Aintree, England: Title Grand National over GTV Massed crowds. GV Massed crowd at Aintree. GLV Ditto. SV Two women, dressed fashionably. SCU Three women studying form. CU Girl studying form. CU Irish coleen. CU Man in trench coat & panama. GV Paddock. STV Ditto. SV Pan Little Yid. SV Pan Irish Lizard. SV Pan Witty. CU Type studying form. SV Pan Mont Tremblant. SV Pan Cloncarrig. SV Pan Ordnance. CU Women studying form. SV Pan Glen fire. GTV Bookies. CU Tilt Bookie. CU Another bookie. CU Tilt another Bookie. CU Bookie. SCU Type placing bet. CU Bookie's clerk. SV Int. J. Foster getting on scales for weight. SV Officials putting weights into box. CU Jockey. H. Oliver, Jnr. riding Land Fort, on scales. CU Other jockeys waiting to weighin. SV Bryan Marshall giving officials card & sit LV Jockeys names on board. GTV Horses parading., Union Jack at half-mast. SV Crowd on open top buses. GTV Horses cantering down course after parade. Nearer V Ditto. SV Crowd in stand. GV Horses lined up at start. SV Starter in position, tapes up, horses away. SV Pan to BV Horses racing. GV Horses approach No. 1. jump, many falls. GV No. 3. jump, horses over, falls. GV to Slow Motion Horses approaching Becher's Brook, horses over. Remote control camera shot Horses colliding having jumped Becher's. GV Pan Horse leading field followed by others over No. 7. GV Horses over canal turn falls, Parasol II limping on end with broken legs. Head-on-shot Horses approaching Valentine's Brook over camera. GV Horses over Valentine's. SV People watching from railway engine on embankment. LV Horses over No. 11 jump, one jockey bumped by horses behind right over hedge. Pan V Leading horse pan to 2nd & 3rd horses come into picture. TV Horses over jump 15. CU People in stand look thru binocs. STV Water jump. CU Horses turning bend for 2nd time round, Ordnance leading. LV Pan 4 Leading horses over No. 17 jump. BV Horses over No. 20 jump, Ordnance falls. GV Normal to Slow motion - Horses over Becher's Brook No. 7. Early Mist leading with Marsha ll up. SV People on railway engine. GV Horses continuing to jump Becher's, one falls, jockey dragged along ground. SV Pan Horses over No. 23. jump. GV Horses over 24. Canal turn. Remote camera shot Approaching Valentine's Brook. LV Horses over Valentine's. SV Crowd. SV Horses over No. 27, falls. LV Little Yi??? refuses at No. 28. Pan V No. 7. Early Mist in lead followed by Mont Tremblant with Dave Dick up. LV Early Mist & Mont Tremblant over last jump. TV Early Mist into home straight. STV Early Mist, winner, past camera. SV Crowd in stand. GTV Early Mist led thru crowds with police escort. CU Ditto. SV Early Mist led into unsaddling enclosure. SV Owner, J.H. Griffin & friends around winner. SCU Early Mist fondled by woman. 1st Early Mist. 2nd Mont Tremblant. 3rd. Irish Lizard. Sport; Horseracing; Self-Reference; Great Britain Initials UNCUT NEG KEPT. DUPE USED IN REEL G. B, UNIVERSAL, PATHE, MOVIETONE, HAWKINS, READ, FARMER, GEMMELL, DUDLEY. Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 12th April 1953 12:00
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  • Location: Aintree, England
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  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Reuters ID: LVA43SBKIH955QKV4OE20VDYH08Y
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