Big Bike Record

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2215A
Date Released
18 Nov 1971
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Remembrance Day
  2. 2Rhodesian Talks
  3. 3Caravan Exhibition
  4. 4Big Bike Record
  5. 5Lord Mayor’s Show

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Big Bike Record. DESCRIPTION: Men of the Cheltenham Fire Brigade attempt the world record endurance test on a 22 man bicycle. SHOTLIST: GV 22 man cycle, 15 firemen pedallers and 7 non pedallers consisting of wives and sweethearts. CU pan showing whole team. LV legs and feet ready on pedals. CU two stop watches being started. SV towards and pan as 22 man cycle called Daisy starts away. SV 15 pedallers at work. Tracking shot along side of cycle. SV ditto. GV ditto. SV pan ditto. LV ditto.
Keywords
Curiosities; Emergency services
Locations
Cheltenham
Card file number
97658
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
90
Story extras:
Film clip

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