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Title: KIRKCALDY MOTOR CLUB SPECIAL

Reference number: 4660

Date: 1934 / 1935

Director: [attrib. Dr Swanston]

Sound: silent

Original format: 9.5mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 7.37 mins

Description: Kirkcaldy Motor Club footage from 1934 (possibly 1935 also). Featuring motorcycle races at St Andrews (?), Portrush Ireland (?), and Southport. General views of the aeroplane trip to Ireland. General views of the races, and still photographs of the Junior Championships.

See also ref. 3800 for footage of Jimmy Guthrie. Intercut with handwritten inter-titles, black on white at start, vice-versa later.

See paper archive 3/8.

Shotlist: [Originally shotlisted from 9.5mm - shotlist timings subsequently added from Beta SP, control track]

(0.00) Hand drawn map of Fife. Kirkcaldy District Motor Club wish you a pleasant time watching the club's activities on this film. Motorcycles racing on beach watched by wardens with armbands and white flags. gvs people on beach. Faint 'NW200'. C/u man sitting on motorcycle, another man with motorcycle and sidecar. Men setting off on motorcycles and waving at camera. Hand-drawn map including Portrush and picture of aeroplane, entitled 'North West 200'. Pan rocky ground. Man with motorbike stuck in stones, smiling at camera. Gvs motorcyclists on starting grid, they set off. One man pushing motorcycle (1.55) John Williamson attending to Dr. James pit refill. Shots of same. Jimmie Guthrie being congratulated on winning the 500cc class. Rusk won the 350. Shot of same. Hand-drawn map including Portrush and pic of aeroplane, entitled 'North West 200'. Brief shot bi-plane (2.09) At Cromore - Mr Montague, Dr Swanston, Mr Swanston, Flight Lieut Russell, Mr Alec Fraser. Men smiling by bi-plane. Hotel Metropole at the end of the Coleraine Straight. [oof] c/u men's faces in plane. Aerial view coast. We had to return on account of low clouds and sea fog. Brief oof aerial view coast. Smiling people beside landed plane. Owing to the wet sand and the 75mph gale, considerable difficulty was experienced leaving Portrush Strand. Patrick Gallagher and the Kinley Sisters. shot same, smiling. C/u illegible sign in back of car window (possibly a l/s of the following (?) (3.03) 100 mile motorcycle race. Southport Motor Club. Pan large building, hotel (?) AA Sign 'The Races'. Pan shot town from elevated view. Sport racing cars on beach. Motorcycles and crowd [overexposed]. Gvs motorcycles racing on beach. Leader board lap chart. Gvs motorcycles. Horses. Motorcycle winner celebrating. C/u cup. Newspaper sign 'Exclusive pictures I.O.M. Motor Cycle Race.' (5.24) Practising from 6 - 7.30am Governor's Bridge is slippy and there is mist at the bungalow. [underexposed section]. Racetrack preparation, motorcycles on starting grid. They set off. C/u sign 'Yesterday's junior Grand Prix in special picture' [newspaper is dated Wednesday 12th September 1934]. C/u pics. Daily Express leader board. Three men in suits smiling, middle man sitting on motorcycle (7.13) The coveted trophy won in 1935 by Dr Jas K Swanston at the record average speed of 79mph also the record lap speed of 80.58 mph. C/u trophy. The End (7.37)