FILM AUSTRALIA COLLECTION

Title Details

Ride Like a Champion

Champion cyclist Duncan Gray shows how a bicycle should be ridden if accidents are to be avoided.
Year : 1950 | Total Duration : 11 Minutes | Producer : Eric Thompson
Director : Bern Gandy |
Opening titles. Australian Road Safety emblem. Boys from St George District Police and Citizen's Boys' Club. Boys out on bicycles. Riding on road dangerously including with no hands, doubles. Bicycle accident. Policeman stops boys and gives instruction on safety. Boy riding with no hands has an accident, falls on ground. Policeman and boys practice hand signals
Access No. 124971 | 2 mins 15 secs | 1950s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
POV car, bicycle ahead swerves, car stops abruptly. Boys from St George District Police and Citizen's Boys' Club having instruction from policeman. Boys double up on bicycle, one falls off. Boys practice hand signals. Cyclist Duncan Craig joins boys and shows them how to check bicycles and make sure they fit correctly.
Access No. 124972 | 2 mins 1 sec | 1950s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Man climbing onto and falling off penny farthing bicycle. Cyclist Duncan Craig shows group of boys from St George District Police and Citizen's Boys' Club how to check bicycles including reflectors. Night shots showing bikes with and without reflectors. Man on penny farthing falls off, hold branch. CU's bicycle brakes. Craig and boys look at chain of bike. CU tyre squeezed.
Access No. 124973 | 2 mins 31 secs | 1950s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Cyclist Duncan Craig with boys from St George District Police and Citizen's Boys' Club ride off. some in utility with policeman. Hand signals and road courtesy demonstrated. Male cyclist rides past rudely, later stopped by policeman and given warning. Boy helps old woman across road. School for Deaf Children, children out of school gates, cyclists allow them to cross road. Line of cyclists down hill to camera giving hand signals.
Access No. 124974 | 3 mins 34 secs | 1950s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |