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DetailsOriginal Format: 16mm Colour: Black & White Sound: Silent Duration: 6 mins 35 secs
Subject: COUNTRYSIDE / LANDSCAPES ENTERTAINMENT / LEISURE SPORT
Summary This film is part of the C.H. Wood collection and contains footage from a 1940s West Yorkshire Trial. There are shots of the various types of track that the riders have to ride on as well as shots of some of them falling off their bikes.
Description
This film is part of the C.H. Wood collection and contains footage from a 1940s West Yorkshire Trial. There are shots of the various types of track that the riders have to ride on as well as shots of some of them falling off their bikes.
Title-Petrol once again! Ilkley runs the first West Yorkshire Group Trial of the year, starting from Farnley Lane, Otley.
A crowd of motor cross riders and spectators are gathered along a country road; the riders are filling out forms and wandering around....
This film is part of the C.H. Wood collection and contains footage from a 1940s West Yorkshire Trial. There are shots of the various types of track that the riders have to ride on as well as shots of some of them falling off their bikes.
Title-Petrol once again! Ilkley runs the first West Yorkshire Group Trial of the year, starting from Farnley Lane, Otley.
A crowd of motor cross riders and spectators are gathered along a country road; the riders are filling out forms and wandering around.
Title-Dob Park with a twist in it!
Riders make their way through a shallow stream that is littered with rocks; they wobble and almost fall off their bikes. Judges and spectators stand along the edges watching. Several riders make their way across and then one of them falls into the water; some men help him up. Once the men have made their way across the stream they have to ride up a steep, rocky hill. One of the riders has stopped his bike off to the side and is fixing something on it.
There is a shot from the stream looking up at some spectators who are leaning over a small bridge; there is also a shot taken from the bridge looking down onto the riders. The next shot is taken from the top of the hill as some of the riders reach the top.
Title-An old Scott Trial favourite…Fairy Dell,
A group of riders come down the other side of the hill, one by one, and have to ride through a deep body of water before riding up a steep hill on the other side. There are shots from different angles looking down onto the riders coming up the hill as well as looking at the spectators that are lining the route. Some of the riders wobble and bounce as they struggle up the rocky track, and a couple of men fall off. Once they reach the top, the riders speed off the rest the way; one of the motor bikes goes up on its back wheel, and the rider has to jump off.