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Title: K&D MC - SPRING TRIAL KIRKCALDY AND DISTRICT MOTOR CLUB

Reference number: 4651

Date: 1949*/1952

Director: [attrib. Dr Swanston]

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bwcol

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 25.41 mins

Description: Amateur enthusiast's record of events in the Kirkcaldy and District Motor Cycling Club calendar. Featuring Speedway at Meadowbank, Scottish Speed Championships at St. Andrews, Winter and Easter Trials, and events at Beveridge Park, Kirkcaldy.

See paper archive 3/8.

[Please note the viewing copy may display some visible defects such as flicker.]

Shotlist: title credit (0.05) exts. shop, Esso petrol pumps in shot, busy with people, man on motorbike drives past (0.13) gvs men practising motorbike skills on rough and hilly terrain, could be start of race (1.16) Meadow Bank Speedway Edinburgh young boy posing for camera, gvs men in crash helmet and cycling leathers pre-race, one has 'Monarch' emblazoned on jacket (1.29) gvs race (2.13) c/u advertising banner 'Sunday Dispatch World Speedway Championship' (2.18) race, continued (3.16) Scottish Speed Championshibs (sic, Championships) West Beach, St. Andrews, gvs riders pre-race, chatting and laughing before race (4.09) motorcycle race on beach (4.48) riders have photographs taken afterwards, further gvs racing (5.18) Winter Trial man fooling around on ice (5.28) riders line up pre-trial and gvs same (5.57) gvs same, some bikes get stuck in mud and ice (very brief sign for 'John Bull Tyres' passed) (6.53) Coming soon for your entertainment, the Kirkcaldy Motor Cycle Road Races gvs racing circuit Beveridge Park, Kirkcaldy Saturday 2nd July (7.58) Easter Day Trial very brief shot sheep (8.12) gvs race registration (8.34) gvs trial, motorcycles run along burn and get stuck in mud, ladies and gentlemen spectate (11.38) shot of fairground, rides include 'Sidewinder', shot of small boy in 'car' on ride (12.16) [double exposed/ghosting] gvs car rally, includes brief shot man carrying bale of hay on his back, commentator at side of race and crowds (15.22) Crail gvs motorcycles racing on airstrip runway (17.54) gvs Kirkcaldy Motor Cycle Road Races, gvs racing circuit Beveridge Park, Kirkcaldy Saturday 5th July, 1952 gvs same (21.47) 500cc car road races, gvs same with cars being tuned up prior to race, Shell and BP mechanics, St. John's ambulance first aiders and policemen in attendance (25.35) The End, Goodnight (25.41)