The Roughriders
The Roughriders
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- Release Date: 1st January 1964
- Asset ID: 803446
- Synopsis: This production tells the story of three top international motocross riders. Bill Nilsson of Sweden, Hubery Scaillet of Belgium and Jeff Smith of England and how they meet to do battle at their national Grand Prix. A Castrol Film.
- Shotlist: 00:01:11 Animated opening sequence title 'The Roughriders' Castrol Logo 00:01:54 Animation of an old projector and a bird winding the handle. Credits fro the production team. Animated sequences of a motorbike. 00:02:44 GV's of a truck driving through a forest and along a quiet road in Sweden. sign for Herrang and Hallstavik. Arrives at a stop and the driver gets out. 00:03:15 Wide shot of a house in the middle of the forest. Footage of a girl picking flowers in the forest next to the house. Camera pans across to show a closer view of the house. GV's of the outside of the house with the people who live there. 00:03:39 CU of a young couple meeting outside the house - the truck driver and girl picking flowers. 00:03:48 Bill Nilsson Sweden's motocross star. GV's of him working on his motorbikes in a garage. CU's of bike parts. 00:04:20 CU of a trophy. Camera zooms out to reveal a room full of trophies. 00:04:31 GV's of his wife and children outside of the house. Children are playing with bikes. 00:04:47 Mona in the kitchen. GV's of the family sitting down at the kitchen table to eat. CU of the children. 00:05:25 Bill wheeling his son on the motorbike. Loading the bike onto a trailer. Son plays with a push bike Aerial shot of wife kissing him goodbye. Drives away. Wide shot of him driving through the forest away from the house. Children look on from the side of the road. 00:06:45 Camera follows the car with trailer and bike from behind as it drives through the forest road. Cut with view from still camera on the side of the road as the car drives past and GV's from inside the car including CU of Bill driving. 00:07:17 CU of poster for VM Motocross. GV's from around the grounds - flags, handing out programmes, bikes in the paddock, riders and general crowd shots. 00:07:57 The race begins. Wide shot of the starting line. Rider speed past the camera. 00:08:03 GV's from around the racetrack cut with a view of the large scoreboard. Aerial shots. CU's of the crowd. Flags with Shell logo line the track. 00:10:32 End of the race. CU of the winner and other competitors. The crowd eat hotdogs from a stand. GV's from around the grounds. 00:11:22 Crowd watch the winners receive their medals 00:11:42 The crowd head home. Top shot 00:11:56 CU of rider filling his truck with petrol ready to drive his bike home. Cut to shot of a man using a petrol pump at a garage for a lady customer. 00:12:09 Wide shot showing the garage in a village in Belgium. GV's inside the garage. 00:12:37 Film of the Belgium National Motocross champion working on his bike. GV's of people walking through the village past the garage. 00:13:07 CU of a poster advertising the motocross. 00:13:11 View through driver window of Bill Nilsson in his car and driving off. Cut to a ferry crossing 00:13:28 Geoff Smith crossing the with the ferry from Dover. View of the White Cliffs 00:13:37 Bill Nilsson driving. GV's from inside and outside the car. 00:14:11 Inside of a garage. Rows of spanners hanging on a wall. Working on motocross bike. 00:14:20 GV's from the race ground and the nearby town of Namur. Camera travel up in a cable car - views over the town. 00:14:57 CU's of the drivers. The British team line up next to their bikes. UK flags on their tops. GV's of the crowd 00:15:12 The race begins. Wide shot looking at the side of the line. The camera follows them around the first bend. CU's of the crowd. GV's from different parts of the track as the riders pass. 00:16:30 A riders bike is repaired on the side of the track 00:16:32 GV's from around the track. Views of the crowd. 00:17:39 End of heat one. Geoff Smith gets help to take off his helmet. Gv's of the riders and crowd relaxing. 00:18:07 Wide shot of the beginning of the second race. Camera pans around as the riders speed off. GV's from around the track. CU's of the crowd. 00:19:50 Bill Nilsson's family camping on the grounds. CU of his son drinking 00:19:59 The winners line up on the podium. Accept large bottle from the sponsor Martini 00:20:22 Top shot of the crowd leaving the grounds. GV's of a riverside restaurant near the grounds. Geoff Smith and Bill Nilsson sit at the restaurant and discuss the race. 00:21:31 Geoff Smith back in Birmingham drinking beer. 00:21:50 Geoff Smith and colleagues work on the bikes in a garage. 00:22:37 Geoff's son rides around the garden on a push bike. Geoff reads a book while his wife hangs up the washing. Geoff starts to mow the lawn. 00:24:11 Bill Nilsson getting into his car and driving away. Gv's of the passing scenery 00:24:33 Roger De Hubery Scaillet driving through Belgium with his bike on the back. 00:24:53 Montage of cars, trains, boats, planes and all other transport making their way to the motocross. 00:25:34 Geoff Smith mowing the lawn 00:25:48 GV's of Bill Nilsson and Hubert on their way to the race cut with Geoff Smith mowing the grass. 00:26:21 The race begins. View of the riders speeding over the first hill towards the camera. GV's from around the track. 00:26:34 Bikes all tangled together. Montage of crashes and people having to be helped back onto their bikes. 00:26:46 Riders line up for the 2nd time. CU of starting line. 00:26:48 The race begins. GV's from around the track. A camera man get sand kicked all over him. CU's of people in the crowd 00:28:42 End of the race. Gv's from around the grounds Tope view of the all the cars parked in a nearby field 00:28:50 The riders talk to fiends, family and members of the crowd. An official pours old oil onto the dusty track. CU of rider with very dirty face. View of the Nilsson family 00:29:22 The British team wheel out their bikes together. 00:29:32 Start of the race Views from behind the riders and from above. GV's from around the track. CU of the crowd. 00:31:37 Geoff Smith wins the race at the flag 00:31:53 The crowd walk down the track and out of the grounds. The riders wash up 00:32:16 Geoff Smith receives a trophy. GV's of the crowd dispensing and the riders signing autographs. Children play on push bikes. 00:32:52 The three riders drink together, Smith, Nilsson and Hubert 00:33:10 End of tape
- Production Company: None
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- Viewing Restrictions: Public
- Format: BetaSP_Small
- Alternative Language Notes: None