In 1920, ex-works rider Harold Wood started his own film production company. He had one objective in mind: capturing the art of motorcycling on film. By the early 1990s his company, C H Woods, had become the world’s best known producer of bike titles with over 400 films to their credit, including comissions for Norton, BSA, Triumph, Honda and Yamaha.
This wonderful, mostalgic collection uses footage from Wood’s definitive archive to take you right back into the heart of the ‘50s and ‘60s British Motocross scene. It recalls a time when bikes (and cameras!) were heavy; when success depended on the application of steely determination. This is Yorkshire has grit in abundance. The content includes:
ROCK MOOR AND RIVER 1950 (Commentray by Allan Jefferies)
The Ilkley Grand National
The Darlington Sporting Trial
Esholt Park Bradford Road Races
The Allan Jefferies Sporting Trial
The Yorkshire Centre Scramble at Halifax
The Ilkley Veterans’ Reunion Trial
The Scott Trial
OBSERVED SECTION 1951 (Commentary by Allan Jefferies)
The Yorkshire Centre Team Trial
The Allan Jefferies Trophy Trial
Training Them Young (Tony Jefferies and Dave Wood)
The Ilkley Sports Car Trial
Model Car Racing at Yeadon
The Scott Trial
1955 EVENTS (Commentary by Geoff Duke)
The Ilkley Grand National
The Allan Jefferies Trophy Trial
1962 EVENT (Commentray by Stuart Hall)
The Ilkley Grand National