Girl Racing Cyclists (1958)

Silverstone race track, Northamptonshire. L/S of a number of vehicles including vans, cars and motorcycles. A group of five people are standing round a motorcycle preparing it for a race. The camera moves across to show a red motorcycle and sidecar driving past with the number 71 on the side; and two men wheeling a motorcycle with the number 18 on its front and side. The narrator says they are all preparing for the the Silverstone Trophy Day Meeting of the British Motorcycle Racing Club. A black motorcycle with sidecar drives past, this is number 76; a man walks across after it. A black car and a land rover are in the background. M/S of three men working on a motorcycle, C/U of one of the men who is wearing a brown hat. M/S of another man on motorcycle number 38, he runs it along the ground then gets off, there are people stood around in the background. C/U of two pairs of legs from the back, stood next to a red motorcycle; one of them is wearing biker’s boots. C/U of a black biker’s ja
Back to Top