The Grand National (1956)

Aintree Race Course, Liverpool The “Devon Loch“ Grand National in which the Queen Mother’s horse loses its footing when only yards from winning the race. GV. Aintree racecourse towards the paddock. GV. Paddock - jockeys getting up into the saddles ready to go to the racecourse. GV. The gate where the horses are being led out of the paddock, horses being led out. SV. Line of horses going out after leaving the parade ring. SCU. Mr Georgi Maximilianovich Malenkov, Soviet Commissar for Power Stations, with Mrs Topham, owner of the racecourse, laughing and chatting. TLV. The course and stands full of people. SCU. Angle shot, Queen Mother and the Queen Elizabeth II on balcony. LV. The racecourse - horses walking down being turned round to run up to start. STV. Ring of bookmakers. SCU. Two men tick-tacking violently. CU. Another man tick tacking. CU. Another man. LV. Horses up at the start getting ready. SV. Massed crowd. Side view - the horses standing before the tapes waiting for them to go up. Starter is on