Good Riding Gets There

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  • Release Date: 1st January 1969
  • Asset ID: 803448
  • Synopsis: The benefits of riding a motorcycle. Teaching children at a school and training traffic control officers. With clips from a motorcycle stunt team. A Castrol Film.
  • Shotlist: 00:01:10 Underpass on a road. Graphic 'Distributed by Castrol for the B.C. and M.C.A. 00:01:21 Gv's of London streets with busy traffic. CU of drivers. 00:01:54 View in a packed underground carriage. 00:01:58 Montage of people riding motorbikes. 00:02:42 Comments from a motorcyclists. 00:04:04 Children cycling out of school towards the camera. 00:04:14 Inside a classroom teacher is showing the class how an engine works. CU's of engine, pupils and teacher. Pupils look through books with diagrams showing how to ride on a road. 00:05:14 Pupils practice riding a motorbike around bins in the playground. 00:05:34 Pupils practicing hill starts on a common. Camera is looking down the hill. CU's of pupils and teacher. 00:05:54 Salesman in a motorcycle showroom. Boy examines the bike. Cu's of the family choosing a bike and the salesman. 00:07:05 Motorcycle stunt team ride bikes through a brick wall. Create a pyramid using 6 bikes and 21 men. GV's of them riding round an arena. 00:07:45 Montage of motorcycle stunts. 00:09:01 GV's of motorcyclists riding along a country road. Including view from behind the driver. CU of speedometer. 00:09:41 Riding past horse riders and through a village. 00:09:55 CU of a model of a city. Camera zooms out to a wider shot of a classroom for traffic patrol officers. Participants look over the model. 00:10:38 CU of the machinery onside a bike working. CU of feet on peddles 00:10:53 Various CU's of a reaction machine. GV's from around the classroom. 00:11:21 Outside practicing on the bikes - Follow my leader style. An officer performs an example filmed from above and travelling with him. CU's of the foot and mirror. 00:12:34 Riders practice around cones. 00:12:59 Two instructors speed down a runway toward the camera. 00:13:29 Students follow the instructor 00:13:45 Montage of people riding motorcycles. 00:14:13 Road Research Department at Birmingham. Wide shot of tutor surrounded by futuristic drawings and stood with a motorbike. He comments on the future of motorcycle design. CU of parts of the bike. Design drawings cut in. 00:16:21 GV's of a motocross race. Bikes speed past the camera. 00:16:37 Woman drive a moped down a quiet road. 00:17:00 A couple on a bike ride down a country lane 00:17:29 Telegram riders. Wide shot of him riding into a hospital. 00:18:13 A couple attempt to fix a bike at the side of a road. A car drive straight past but another motorcyclist stops to help. GV's of them trying to fix the bike. 00:18:55 Man cleans his bike outside his house 00:19:00 GV's of people enjoying their motorcycles. Including a just married couple. 00:20:18 Credits. 00:20:51 Castrol Logo 00:21:00 Gauntlet Film Productions 00:21:06 End of tape.
  • Production Company: Gauntlet Film Productions
  • Licensing Restrictions: Please note that this film may include footage and/or music sourced from multiple rights holders. For information on re-use of content in a new production, please contact BPVL@bp.com
  • Viewing Restrictions: Public
  • Format: BetaSP_Small
  • Alternative Language Notes: None