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memories are preserved splend splendedly but silently. making them all at once perfect and imperfect. >> what i remember the most is the noise. and the chaos and the shoving. but primarily the noise. >> reporter: what is perfect about gately's memories is what they capture. >> and i had this right on secretariat. oh, what a moment that was. that was beautiful. >> reporter: when he first recorded secratariat thundering home in the belmont stakes, 25 years since the last horse to win a triple crown. a drought only exceeded by the sport's current 33-year gap. >> we went into the belmont knowing that we did have a special horse. but it wasn't, it wasn't overpowering. it became overpowering after the belmont. there was a sudden majetajestict of that race. a certain majesty about that
race because of how he won it. >> reporter: every reel that passed through gately's camera focused on his love of horse racing. his strategically placed lens saw secratariat and seattle slew in '77 and a great win over aladar in 1978. >> it took me six races, seven races to wiggle my way down to the rail here where i would lock myself into position and grab a hold of the rail and i wasn't going to move. >> i'm over here and fighting this guy and as i'm coming down this way and i finally catch him, catch at the end and i see secratariat winning. where are the second place horses? i had to pan back down again to catch the second-place horses. >> reporter: track attendance in america struggles virtually every day except on those of a triple crown race and gately believes even films like his can't improve that. >> being here, watching it on tv
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