Motor Bike Crashes

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2193
Date Released
14 Jun 1971
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Motor Bike Crashes. DESCRIPTION: Some very rugged going ‘Down Under’ in the scramble championships near Sydney. Here’s some interesting motor bike crashes from the early thirties too. SHOTLIST: Sidecars past (start) shot through trees. SCU No 54 pan (Allan Rae) past with others. GV No 65 past (Ron Hurdis). Crowd. No 55 pursued by two others, pan GV finish. GV congratulations to winner No 54 (Rae). GV old bikes over hill. SV rider up hill at 75’ he falls off. SV another rider up hill at 79’ he falls off. GV speedway rider falls off straight away at 89’ another crashes into him, he stands up and at 100’ another crashes into the two bikes.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure; Motorcycling; Stunts
Locations
Australia
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
97134
Credits:
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
104
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Motor Bike Crashes', British Movietone News Issue No. 2193, 14 Jun 1971. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/28882 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)