Motor Cycle Grand Prix

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2188A
Date Released
13 May 1971
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Motor Cycle Grand Prix. DESCRIPTION: Thruxton - scene of the Motor Cycle Grand Prix. SHOTLIST: Rider preparing for race. SCU rider. SV rider working on bike. CU petrol pipe in tank zoom out to man. CU man starts motor bike - rides off. GV pan riders round bend (Peter Williams on Norton Commando 746 cc). No 19 pan (Kenneth Buckmaster on 741 Triumph Trident). GV pan riders - along straight. SV riders flash past. LV pan riders at speed. CU petrol post with rider in b/g. Rider slips hose into petrol pump. CU rider over petrol tank at 56’ he’s away. LV pan riders at speed - No 16 Percy Tait overtakes No 31. CU angle shot timekeepers tilt to rider. SV rider making adjustment. CU rider. CU adjustments being made. SV No 17 (John Barton BSA Lockhart 3) drives off. LV pan rides at speed. SV pan No 25 (Ray Knight on Triumph Trident) around bend. LV pan ambulance man attend man. SV ditto riders round bend. SV casualty into ambulance - pan to rider. SV zoom out riders round bend. LV pan No 16 takes flag (Percy Tait). 3 SVs - rider No 16 shaking hands - pan to bike. Photographers. Riders hold cup.
Keywords
Motorcycling
Locations
United Kingdom; Thruxton
Card file number
97057
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
119
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Motor Cycle Grand Prix', British Movietone News Issue No. 2188A, 13 May 1971. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/28837 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)