Sports Briefs Motorbike Rally, Rugby And Swimming Beware - Other Items Share This Title (1946)

Title reads: “Sports Briefs“. London, Surrey and Sussex. Pioneer Run Vintage Motorbike Rally from Tattenham Corner to Brighton. Various shots of men and women posing with their vintage motorcycles. C/U of Pierce Arrow bike from 1911 and Clement Garrard bike from 1902. Various shots of competitors using primitive aids to start bikes such as blow lamps and hypodermics. C/U of man in false moustache. Various shots of the race. Graham Walker, BBC commentator, rides a 1912 Matchless motorbike (No. 27). Panning shot of a man riding a penny farthing push bike. Some bikes break down and are fixed at roadside, one woman does her knitting in the side car. M/S of 1898 motor tricycle. Various shots of Brighton sea front as the bikes arrive. Various shots of international rugby match at Twickenham, London. England beat Scotland 12 - 8. C. R. Bruce scores a try, K. L. Geddes, Scotland's Captain (No. 15), converts. J. R. S. Innes (No. 11) scores a very good try (close shot). J. Heaton, England's Cap