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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.| Status: | Released (1950-09-02) |
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| Awards: | Won 1 Oscar. 1 win total |
| Screen: | Charles L. Tedford |
| Productions: | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Evolving from a festival that featured gladiators and ox-racing, this short feature showcases the horse racing on Siena’s Piazza del Campo. With some forty thousand folks assembled on it’s square from each of this city’s competing districts, there are qualifying races with bareback r ....
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