News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell, with contributions from Sir Malcolm Campbell and Alan Howland: Army Motor Bikes Are Reliable

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
489
Date Released
17 Oct 1938
Date submitted
14 Oct 1938
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
9 / 12
Section Title
News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell, with contributions from Sir Malcolm Campbell and Alan Howland
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Army Reliability Motor-Cycle Trials. SHOTLIST: The British Army hold their first motor-cycle reliability trials. The competitors race up hills and don gas masks when passing an imaginary gas sector.
Keywords
Sport; Vehicles; Competitions; Safety devices; Military
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
34607
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Commentator
Sir Malcolm Campbell
Length of story (in feet)
33
Story extras:

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'News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell, with contributions from Sir Malcolm Campbell and Alan Howland: Army Motor Bikes Are Reliable', British Movietone News Issue No. 489, 17 Oct 1938. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/9322 (Accessed 03 Jul 2025)