British Bike Wins at Daytona

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1135A
Date Released
8 Mar 1951
Date submitted
Mar 1951
Date submitted
5 Mar 1951
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Trailers: Census 1951 (English Version)
  2. 2Big Four Meet in Paris
  3. 3Marine Wizard
  4. 4British Bike Wins at Daytona
  5. 5All-In Boxing
  6. 6'Varsity Crews on the Tideway
  7. 7Ideal Home Exhibition
  8. 8Mid-Air Cooking
  9. 9Sunderland V Middlesbrough
  10. 10Bristol Students’ Amusing Rag

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 10
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: British Bike Wins at Daytona. DESCRIPTION: Daytona Beach is now the scene of a rip-roaring race by reckless riders. In a two-hundred mile event, the winner rode a British bike. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Motor bikes along beach just after start of race. Various shots of motor cycles speeding along sandy track, rounding bends, crashing, motor bikes on sand blazing. Motor cyclist rounds bend & flies over embankment, several shots of crashes. Ambulance men carry away injured. Various shots of them speeding. Finish of race. SCU winner with two girls, one on each arm, which he kisses.
Keywords
Sport; Vehicles; Health and medicine; Women; Environment; Motorcycling; Fires; Accidents and disasters
Locations
Daytona Beach
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
55118
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
71
Story extras:
Film clip

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