Sep 02, 1950
9 min
Full-HD

Grandad of Races (1950)

Grandad of Races is a 1950 American short documentary film about the Palio di Siena held in the Piazza del Campo in Siena, directed by André de la Varre. It won an Oscar at the 23rd Academy Awards in 1951 for Best Short Subject.

Category

Documentary

Country

United States of America

Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Art Gilmore

Narrator

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