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Title: CAPSTAN CYCLE RALLY

Reference number: 8832

Date: 1962c

Production company: Templar Film Studios

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: Non-Fiction

Running time: 5.02 mins

Description: News footage of the start of the Capstan Cycle Rally from Glasgow to Aberdeen and back, with competitors starting from the Wills cigarette factory in Glasgow.

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[no title] blank (0.03) gvs of WD & HO Wills cigarette factory on Alexandra Parade, Glasgow, Corporation buses passing - shots of man fixing 'Capstan Cycle Rally' notice on back of Austin A40, in front of banner 'Never Go Without a Capstan' - gvs of cycle competitors assembling in front of factory, including members of Johnstone Wheelers - gvs of factory and support vehicles parked on main road - shot of Standard Ten official race car with sign 'Capstan Cycle Rally, Glasgow to Aberdeen Return, Competitors Following' - shot of race vehicles and cyclists departing from factory gate - gvs of cyclists passing along Glasgow streets, through Springburn, up Kirkintilloch Road (1.36) shots of cyclists in countryside north of Glasgow, passing through town - c/u tracking shots of cyclists racing along country roads (2.22) c/u shots of member of Johnstone Wheelers adjusting his brakes outside factory - gvs of competitors preparing for race, cyclist polishing sunglasses, c/u shots of some of competitors - shots of race official waving flag for start of rally outside factory door, competitors departing - shots of group of cyclists passing Cadder Cemetery and heading for Kirkintilloch - tracking shots from car of cyclists passing along main road and along main street in Denny (4.56) blank (5.02)