Motor Cycle Trials

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2367
Date Released
14 Oct 1974
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Motor Cycle Trials. DESCRIPTION: Scandinavian riders win against the British favourites, on a wet and winding woodland course. SHOTLIST: CU No 98 front wheel pan up to rider. CU full tank of bike pan up to rider. SV man about to start rider off. CU rider’s foot starting bike. SV rider starts by doing a ‘wheelie’ pan to BV. SV rider coming down into dip pan to BV. CU motor of bike (bike going through water). SV pan rider on track. SV man getting off bike, to start off again pan to another rider going through water. SV pan rider through water round a tree & up a bank, foot on ground. BV rider going over bumpy ground, foot on ground. SC pan rider going after bumpy ground & through water. SV No 7 coming up bank & follows track. SV pan rider on bumpy ground pan to BV he bumps his back against a tree to keep himself upright. SV rider going down slope up the other side round tree then down slope, around another tree up a slope past spectators.
Keywords
Sport; Environment; Motorcycling
Locations
Czechoslovakia
Footage sources
France
Card file number
74/225
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
150
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Motor Cycle Trials', British Movietone News Issue No. 2367, 14 Oct 1974. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/30510 (Accessed 06 Mar 2025)