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1931 SPORTS / HORSE RACING - Grand National at Aintree 1931
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5:30Now PlayingDate: 1st January 1931
Location: England, United Kingdom
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
ENGLAND: Liverpool: Aintree:
Steam train arriving at station / Passengers getting off train / Steam train in station issuing smoke / Crowds arriving at race course / Tic Tac Men (tipsters / bookies / tote men) at race, two standing before banner, shouting to crowd / Ras Prince Monolulu in characteristic garb talking to crowd / Crowd, including many men in flat caps and overcoats along road outside race course / Crowd milling around stalls / Gypsy woman selling lucky heather / Crowd along street, trams under bridge / Travelling shot from trams of crowds along pavement / Crowds along street / More of trams
Horses and jockeys gathering at start of race, building with lettering 'Daily Mail' in background / Horses towards start line / Horses and riders lined up at start of race / Beginning of race, and horses away past crowd / Bookmakers' lists of horses and odds for betting / Horses over jump / Horse down, group attending to injured / Horses over another hedge / Riders down from horses, one hurt / Horse down, but gets up / Remaining horses and riders over hedge / Horses and riders walking round course / Horses and riders passing bay those walking / Riders over jump / Leaders in race / Riders over jump and past camera / More horses fall at jump / Riders and horses towards and over jump / Horses and riders away, crowd in foreground / Horses along and over hedge, one refusal / More jumps, falls and refusals around course / Horse struggles to get up, seems to have injured leg
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