Motor Cycle Football

Series

Series Name
Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.
232
Date Released
8 Jun 1959
Date recorded
8 May 1959
Length of issue (in feet)
759
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 3
Summary
Pathe synopsis: A fast, exciting game, only recently introduced to this country, is moto-ball - a sort of five-a-side football played on powerful motorcycles, which reach a speed of 40 mph when the ball is being dribbled!
Keywords
Sport; Curiosities; Motorcycling
Locations
Winchfield; England; Hampshire
Written sources
Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis
Credits:
Commentator
David De Keyser
Length of story (in feet)
275
Story extras:
Film clip

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How to cite this record

'Motor Cycle Football', Colour Pictorial Issue No. 232, 8 Jun 1959. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/120736 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)