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Aintree & Piccadilly Circus. GV. Massed crowds at Aintree racecourse. LV. Aintree's owner Mrs Mirabel Topham watching men preparing the jumps for Grand National. SCU. Mrs Topham giving out instructions to the men. CU. Man working on jump. SV. Mrs Topham probing one of the jumps with her stick. GV. Massed crowds surrounding bookies at Aintree. SV. Bookies, man placing a bet. GV. Exterior, William Hill's Limited. LV. Interior, William Hill sitting at desk. SV. William Hill speaking (natural sound): “The blower services refusal to pay the excessive demands made by Mrs Topham will not affect the racing public in any way.“ SCU. Hill speaking: “The small bookmaker, will lay off his liabilities with larger office bookmakers and the fact that there's a very strong market at Aintree, leaves little cause for anxiety“. GV. Girls sitting at desks in Hill's offices receiving bets on the phone from clients. LV. & SCU. Girls receiving bets by phone. SV. Men at work at desks. SV. Chief operator at work relaying code mess
