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Title: MEADOWBANK speedway

Reference number: 5853

Date: 1952

Director: [filmed by W.S. Dobson]

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 11.15 mins

Description: speedway fixtures at Old Meadowbank stadium involving Edinburgh Monarchs, Lanarkshire Eagles and Glasgow Giants - includes footage of children playing at speedway racing with cycles on a suburban street.

Shotlist: exts of spectators arriving by bus, car and on foot, at Old Meadowbank stadium. Shot of sign "Mossend Branch Lanarkshire Eagles Supporters Club". Shot of man signing autographs from car, gvs of crowds, shots of interior of stadium and motor cyclists (2.33) first aiders, mechanics and riders come on to track. Shots of Lanarkshire Eagles team and Edinburgh Monarchs team. Shot motorcyclists greeting female fans. Gvs of races, including Glasgow Giants riders, a crash, intercut with views of crowds, often covering their faces against race dust (9.56) exts of children racing bicycles and tricycles along suburban street, with flags and turns similar to the speedway (11.15)