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CLYDE EARL

THE RIGHT LINE A B. P. Film

16mm color sound — Running time, 27 minutes.

SINCE THE FILM "The Right Line" was produced in 1962, it has become a classic in the field of racing films. Wherever it has been shown it has drawn raves from the audience. The picture opens with a view of quiet British countryside, then from the left side of the screen a road racing motorcycle looms into sight. The camera moves in for a closeup and we see that the rider is the famous Bob Mclntyre. With the voice of Graham Walker highlighting the action, we move in to the start of the 1960 German G.P. at Solitude.

"What," asks commentator Walker, "is the right line for the young enthusiast to reach the victor's laurels at a classic race such as this?" This film attempts to point the way. In sequences taken at the Scottish Six Days Trial, the British Moto-Cross at Hawkstone Park, and a road race at Cadwell Park, it gives the would-be racer a fine show of winning techniques.

The film moves along to Joe Potts' workshop in Scotland where we watch the meticulous preparation of Bob Mclntyre's racing Nortons and AJS. After shop testing we go with Bob to Oulton Park for a final workout before the Isle of Man. The next few minutes contain some of the most thrilling scenes ever photographed. With a camera and tape recorder mounted on his Norton, Mclntyre takes the audience around the course at speed. Then, with the camera moved from the outrigger on the side of the motorcycle to a position behind the tachometer, we are swept into the full impact of a racing machine at high rpm on a road racing circuit. From Oulton Park we go to the Isle of Man for the Junior TT, returning to Solitude to see the finish of the German GP.

THE ROUGHRIDERS" A Castrol Film

16mm color sound — Running time 33 minutes.

IN "THE ROUGHRIDERS" three men, a Swede, a Belcian and an Englishman, whose backgrounds and wavs of life differ widely, share one great common interest. The men are Bill Nilsson. Hubert Scoillet and Jeff Smith; the interest is Moto-Cross Racing.

We see these international riders first in their home environments, and then in action on the circuits of the international Grand Prix Moto-Cross courses in three countries — and action it is with some of the finest photography seen in racing films. Where most racing films just give the viewer a short rundown on one or more races, "The Roughriders" takes one behind the scenes in the lives of these noted riders. •