HIGHLIGHTS OF RECENT SPORTING EVENTS

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 670932).

Synopsis

Motorcycle sports newsreel.

i) Sunbeam Point-To-Point A Scramble At Longmoor, Hants. Scenes from the annual motorcycle scramble at Longmoor Heath in Hampshire in 1948. Describes the course layout and the aims of scramble courses. Shows a team contest between riders from the North of England against riders from the South, and Bill Nicolson, the winner of both the junior and senior individual races.

ii) Moto-Cross A.M.S. A Scramble Near Paris Scenes from a chalk pit scramble in France showing British riders Ted Frost (the eventual winner) and Bob Foster.

iii) In Gloucestershire The M.C.C. Team Trial The 32nd edition of the Motor Cycle Club team trials in 1948 starting at Stroud in the Cotswolds. Describes some of the techniques used to negotiate parts of the course.

iv) In America Racing On Daytona Beach Shots of motorcyclists racing along the beach and a parallel road.

v) The Tourist Trophy Races Describes the circuit at the Isle Of Man TT races. Riders are seen in action at various points on the course.

vi) In Yorkshire The Allan Jeffries Trial Single riders and sidecars are seen in action on Ilkley Moor. Describes the techniques used by the sidecar passenger.

vii) In Palestine Army Riders In Varied Frolics Shots of soldiers stunt riding and scrambling.

viii) Hill Climb At Knatts Valley, Kent Competitors attempt a hill climb in pairs.

 

Titles

  • HILL CLIMB AT KNATTS VALLEY, KENT (Alternative)
  • IN AMERICA: RACING ON DAYTONA BEACH (Alternative)
  • IN GLOUCESTRSHIRE: THE M.C.C.TEAM TRIAL (Alternative)
  • IN PALESTINE: ARMY RIDERS IN VARIED FROLICS (Alternative)
  • IN YORKSHIRE: THE ALLAN JEFFRIES TRIAL (Alternative)
  • MOTO-CROSS A.M.S.: A SCRAMBLE NEAR PARIS (Alternative)
  • SUNBEAM POINT TO POINT (Alternative)
  • TOURIST TROPHY RACES (Alternative)
  • HIGHLIGHTS OF RECENT SPORTING EVENTS
 

Technical Data

Year:
1948
Running Time:
24 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
16mm Film
Colour:
Black/White
Sound:
Sound
Footage:
847 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
Great Britain
Producer
COLES, S.A.
Script
LOUIS, H.W.
Sponsor
Motorcycle Magazine
commentator
PHILLIPS, Frank R.
 

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