The Grand National (1960)

Item title reads - Grand National. Aintree, Merseyside. L/S horses walking around in the enclosure. Various shots as they walk past camera. L/S crowds in stands, camera pans across them. Various shots as people place bets, a group of girls stick a pin in the programme to choose their horse. C/U tic-tac man. L/S as horses walk up the course, they include ’Mr What’, ’Wyndburgh’ ridden by Michael Scudamore and Gerry Scott on ’Merryman II’. C/U ’Badanloch’ (Badenloch ?), they canter to the start. Various shots of people looking through binoculars. C/U tic-tac man and bookmakers as people put on last minute bets. M/S as horses line up at the start, Mr Marsh raises the tape and they’re off. Various shots of the race. C/U woman looking through binoculars. M/S as ’Tea Fiend’ leads as they jump over the the first fence. Various shots as he continues to lead over the second, third, fourth and fifth. C/U Home Secretary Rab Butler watching the race through binoculars to see for himself if the race is crue