Summary: The training of Canadian motorcycle instructors/dispatch riders in England.
Description: Introduction stresses the importance of motorcyclists in the armed forces, before showing the training of Canadian Army motorcycle instructors "at a special school in England". After initial classroom training, each rider is assigned a motorcycle, which is maintained once a week. The first ride is around the barracks square, then on the open highway, before "bushwhacking" across open country: woods, ridges, streams and loose sand. Riders negotiate steep inclines at speed; some fall off their bikes. The role of the dispatch rider in wartime is stressed, because "the message must get through". Dramatised scene shows a rider crossing country under fire to deliver a message before relaxing with a cigarette, after "a job well done".
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Colour:B&W
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Object_Number:MGH 2242
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:1942
Production Country: Canada
GB
Production Details: Canadian Army Film Unit (Production company)
Merton Park Studios (Production company)
Wilmot, Gerry (Production cast)
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Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 691 ft; Running time: 7 mins