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Life of a Thoroughbred (1941)

Life of a Thoroughbred poster
Directed by
Tom Cummiskey
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
11 min
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a short documentary that shows horse racing. It was part of a series of newsreel-style films.

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What happens

Life of a Thoroughbred is a 1941 American short documentary film directed by Tom Cummiskey that focused on was horse racing. It was part of Adventures of the Newsreel Cameraman, a series of documentary shorts produced by 20th Century Fox. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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