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National Velvet (1960)

National Velvet poster
Directed by
Frank McDonald, Abner Biberman
Genre
drama
Country
United States
Length
2 seasons, 58 episodes
Rated
6
Rating
8.6 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl tries to train her horse for a big race with the support of her family and friends. The show follows her adventures and challenges in the world of competitive horseback riding.

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What happens

National Velvet is an American drama television series that originally aired from 1960 to 1962 on NBC. Based on the 1935 novel and 1944 film of the same name, the series ran for a total of fifty-eight episodes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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