Housewife Motor Cycle Ace (1965)

Housewife Rene Bennett who at weekends is a trial bike rider, Hounslow, London. M/S’s of Housewife Rene Bennett in suburban garden hanging out washing on the line. L/S of Rene walking down street with daughter and baby in pram, she stops at the local greengrocers. The narrator informs us that as well as the love for her family “...the other love in her life is motor cycling.“ M/S of Rene and her daughter outside bike shop looking at motorcycles. C/U of blue crash helmet with goggles. Rene is seen picking it up and placing it on her head, she climbs onto her motorbike and starts the bike, she revs the bike several times. M/S of Rene riding to the start line pulls up next to a male rider, she smiles. M/S of a man dropping his arm to give Rene all clear to start. M/S of Rene scrambling away down dirt tracks. Various shots of motorcycles going over rough terrain. L/S of man falling backwards off bike. M/S of Rene slipping off bike, a man helps her and her bike. L/S and M/S of Rene finishing the race only
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