Look, Signal, Manoeuvre (1965) Public Information Film Motorcycle safety
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- I corrected the aspect ratio, The bikes looked bad with oval wheels!
Motorcycle road safety PIF from 1965 - a road-safety film contrasting the standard of riding between two twenty-year-old motorcyclists. Produced by Associated British Pathé for the then Ministry of Transport.
With thanks to Andy W (youtube)
Set in an around Harrow and Wembley, London, this Public Information Film concerns motorcycle road safety by following the journey to work of Tom, who follows road safety procedures, and his friend, who does not.
The commentator is PHILIP JAMES, Production is HARRY FIELD, the cast are unknown.
00:00 The film opens showing Tom and his friend as young children in woodland, riding their tricycles. There is a quick timeline as they grow up as Tom switches between a child’s bicycle, a larger bicycle, and lastly, a Matchless Motorcycle. Tom’s friend comes along on his Triumph Tiger cub motorcycle and proceeds to ride and slide recklessly around the woodland.
01:03 A quick shot of the factory that they both work in, including the first showing of a much repeated shot of the clocking-in time-clock and a close up of the Work’s Keeper’s somewhat stern face.
01:10 Tom leaves home (unknown) reasonably early, whilst his friend is only just getting up.
01:38 Tom carefully overtakes a lorry, whilst his friend rushes to eat breakfast including another shot of the time-clock and Work’s Keeper, then he rushes out of the house and grabs his motorcycle. A quick shot of Tom riding steadily whilst the commentator explains that he is not in a hurry, before cutting back to his friend who pulls into the road from the side of the house with hardly a glance, then proceeds to ride fast and recklessly along his route to work.
02:52 Tom is riding along Eliot Drive, South Harrow and then shows us how to negotiate a crossroads with Scott / Coles crescent, as the commentates tells us to “Never rely on signals given by anyone, except a policeman.”.
03:29 Tom’s friend is still tearing down the road, whilst Tom is riding unhurriedly.
03:34 Tom turns left at a T junction.
04:06 Tom’s friend is stopped by a red traffic light. There is another time-clock/Works Keeper shot to emphasise that he is worried about being late as he looks at his watch. He takes a shortcut but because of his speed and careless braking, his motorcycle crashes into some road works. The narrator explains about correct braking and the previous shot is repeated, but showing another Matchless, braking correctly and avoiding the road works. The scene of Tom’s friend riding into the road works is repeated with another shot of the time-clock/Works Keeper, before his friend remounts his motorcycle, kick starts it and then tears off again.
04:58 Tom is riding unhurriedly again, whilst the narrator explains that Tom is in good time to get his paper this morning. Tom turns right out of Rayner’s Lane into Alexandra Avenue, towards the newsagents. At 05:34, Tom passes a pedestrian, waiting to use a zebra crossing, but neither Tom or the narrator seem to notice.
05:42 Tom stops at the newsagents at 212 Alexandra Avenue, whilst the shot zooms in on a blank newspaper headline board on which the words ‘LOOK’, ’SIGNAL’, ‘MANOEUVRE’ appear one by one as the narrator points them out.
06:06 Having got his newspaper, Tom does a U turn and rides back down Alexandra Avenue whilst the weather has suddenly changed from sunny, to very cold and foggy. At the previous crossroads, he turns right into Warden Avenue. Meanwhile, Tom’s friend is still riding fast to try and make up time.
07:09 Tom does a final left turn into the factory premises. He safely passes and oncoming lorry. By now, very close behind, Tom’s friend is tearing along, full of bravado, and takes the final turn too fast and too wide, hitting the oncoming lorry. we are looking up through his eyes at several people who are looking down with concerned expressions.
07:30 Tom pulls up outside the hospital casualty department, and his friend appears around the corner, limping with a stick. He has a right plastered foot and left arm. The narrator explains that tom’s friend does not have a bike anymore, just a summons for careless driving, as the shot changes to a doorbell button being pressed and then switches to the stern looking face of a policeman.
07:47 travelling along Wyld Way, Wembley, we see Tom on his Matchless which is now minus the L plates, followed by a girl on a scooter. The narrator tells us that Tom has made a new friend who is quite an improvement, and as Tom says, “You should see her at a T junction, there’s no need to teach her to look, signal, manoeuvre.”
08:03 Whilst they ride along the elevated section of the M4, near the clocktower that stands at the Chiswick flyover, the narrator sums up, explaining that by riding correctly, you can get a lot of pleasure, as well as having a quick and economical means of transport. Then he adds, “As long as you remember road safety.”
08:20 End credits:
08:41 END - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
5:30 didn’t give way to pedestrian at crossing 😂😂😂😂 toms so good
yes, she wasn't in the script...
@@simontaylor2973 still shouldn’t he give way lol?
Haha, yeah I noticed that too 😂
Bad Tom…. Plenty of time to stop, she was clearly waiting to cross. He’d have failed his test for that now.
The newsagent at 212 Alexandra Avenue (5:42) is still there. It's called New London News now.
I just looked it up. It's barely changed.
@@zagozago9893 The surrounding area has massive changed, assuming all the cuts were filmed in the same location.
Great stuff! I note that Tom has a rather boring Matchless 350 and PVC gear, whilst his friend has a considerably cooler Triumph and is dressed like a Rocker.
I live in Indonesia and here everybody drives like Tom's friend... but it's 2021!!!
Tom should have stopped at the Zebra crossing at 5.33 as there is a pedestrian waiting to cross - naughty Tom!!
In the days when this country actually had factories.
Outstanding vintage video. Thanks, greetings from THAILAND. Triumph Trident 660 "made in THAILAND" th-cam.com/video/HtthIgH4_hQ/w-d-xo.html
Yes, before Thatcher...when working people had well paid jobs!
Great idea covering your headlight with the L plates lads.
This is an ace film, I could watch it again and again. And that groovy music at the end? It's called Sheer Murder by Keith Papworth from a 1964 De Wolfe library LP.
I also noticed outside the newsagents the headline "The Queen in Ethiopia" which she visited in February 1965, so going by that and the rather cold look of the riders, that would be when this was filmed!
Cheers for that! I wondered what the music was.
Yes, here is the footage of the Royal Visit. th-cam.com/video/eKolaCTPRXU/w-d-xo.html
5:33 Tom ignores the woman standing at the crossing
Yes he does as it wasn't in the script! Well spotted..
hahaha just about to say that as well..
That's because British road rules were interpreted quite literally - maybe they still are? Anyway, they state that a vehicle should give way to pedestrian ON a crossing. When I learned to drive in the mid 70's I was told that I would FAIL my driving test if I stopped at a crossing UNLESS the pedestrian actually had on foot on the crossing!
It was the sixties mate...
That Matchless was a lovely bike,I was driving the Tartan Arrow van in this it was on permanent hire to Pathe as a props van.Cant believe its over fifty years ago and those TK Bedfords were modern then
WOW! You drove the van! I spent ages trying to find out more about this, worked out it was around Harlow and Wembley, with the final shot on the A4 Chiswick flyover and the clock tower is still there!
I still have no idea who Tom and his friend actually were.
which van were you on on this video? which part of the video timing?
He said the Tartan Arrow van, so I guess it's the one at 1:40
oh ok thank you i saw that... the bedford looks familiar, seen it old last many times in the 90s...the driver must be in his early 80s now at least?
76 yrs now tartan arrow had a fleet of those tk bedfords on parcel work around london in the sixties
Tom's mate got hit by Reginald Molehusband driving a truck :)
YAY! A Reggie driving a truck!
Yeah he did!
Tom ignored the old lady who was waiting to use the crossing.
The times when it was actually legal to do something, for example to ride a motorbike and park it anywhere.
but back then people had an ounce of common sense and did things responsibly
6:00
The 'Queen In Ethiopia' headline on the left clearly pinpoints the filming of this PIF to between the 1st and 8th of February 1965, as that was when the Queen made her state visit to Ethiopia (which would shortly be followed by visits to Sudan and West Germany).
I usually spot most things, but 200 points and my hat off to you sir!
A stunning bit of detection. I'll make a note of that.
There is a continuity error there too. nice weather on the way into the shop, then the next shot is all foggy!
I'm not really that observant: I once watched another upload of this film from about seven, eight years ago, and someone else had pointed out that headline!
I AM a little bit observant at times, of course: I once managed to work out the location of a scene in an episode of 'Sooty', purely based on the level crossing sign in the background!
Thanks for letting us know anyway!
I got this on the Charley Says DVD, 200 points for spotting???: I say double that.
Throttle on modern twist grips shuts down on letting go,bikes have a kill engine switch and traffic indicators. I took my test in 1966 and had to use hand signals despite bike having blinkers.Throttle stayed open to maintain road speed when using hand signals.
My bike is from 1959. It has trafficators !!! Here's a vid of them...
th-cam.com/video/wX4TxzKZ6-0/w-d-xo.html
Wish the roads were as empty as that nowadays! 😕
Yes, but despite the empty roads, deaths due to road traffic accidents were much higher in 1965.
Still a good video now.
The advice in this film could apply to pedal cyclists and scooterists too.
"Just a summons for careless driving"...
Its "Eliot Drive" in Wembley
Doctor Who police box at 1:17
Wow, thanks! I never spotted the Doctor Who.
Tom has his 'L' plate over his headlight! Not so smart!
Oh, people could drive back then so no need for a headlamp unless it was dark, but well spotted!
Tom didnt stop for the old dear on the crossing @5.33, Tom was later shot at dawn
I don't think she was in the script?
Sexy music in 60s style when Tom gets a new friend who was female. Lol
Wow - the main character in 'Psychomania' is called Tom as well - I wonder if this film is why? There's a part of the film which also features him as a little boy on a bicycle.
The roads are empty, holly-molly:)
hardly any junction had any trafic lights!! motorcycles didnt have signal lights!!
During the first week of lockdown for Covid-19 the roads were this quiet once again
And wide, and not artificially made narrow.
MATCHLESS!!! Beautiful world when earth only had less than 3 billion inhabitants..
1:44 If that van had hit its brakes the moment Tom looked back, he would have been impaled.
Ouch! Especially on a ‘Tartan arrow’!
5:34 there was an old dear waiting at that zebra crossing tom!!! Fair enough you don't have to give way unless she's started to cross but don't take up a position "well to the left of the road", you'll be in trouble if she steps out. I'm assuming the rule pertaining to zebra crossings was the same then as it is now
Yes, but... it's a film and she wasn't in the script...
or you could get a harley then remove the silencers, now everyone knows you're coming.......
If you crash your L plate disappears...
Why is the learners sticker over the headlight🤣
back then, 6 Volt lighting was rubbish.
How wealthy was UK compared to the US in 1965?
I think the average US citizen was far wealthier than the average UK citizen back then right?
Possibly. I didn't quite connect the relevance of your question to a film about road safety?
Yes, a common view.
How is he accelerating with his right hand off the bars?
there was a feature on bikes back then where you could lock the throttle in any position. It wasn't very safe and was later discontinued. A sort of early cruise control if you like.
@@xenon53827 Ah, right. None of my early british bikes had this feature.
The grip had a friction screw that could be adjusted either to hold the grip in its current position, or allow it to return.
@@ArtyEffem Yeah, that !
At 6:00 oblivious Dr . who left us a clue about the coming pandemic but we never listen.
Lol
@@Matthew-ob7vb Well spotted! It was a UK fizzy drink range, lemonade, limeade, orangeade, cherryade, cream soda and later they knocked out 'Dandelion & burdock'. All great for a kid, but chemical stuff looking back on it.
Anyone know where this was filmed ?
Yes, it's in the main description, filmed around Harrow and Wembley, London. The final shot on the A4 Chiswick flyover and the clock tower is still there.
@@xenon53827 At 3:10 he passes "Ellot Drive" road sign in Wembley, I don't recognise any Harlow shots
At the end, when he's with the lady on the scooter, they turn from Wyld Way, Wembley, into the Harrow Road.
@@Gannett2011 I took the text from somewhere, but I don't know Harrow well either.
Anyone notice it was bright and clear weather when he went into the newsagents (Still there) to get the paper, and when he came out, 5:58 but when he went to get on his bike, it was cold, grey, and misty plus you could see his breath?
xenon53827 Do you think that might be a typo for Wembley and HARROW?
Does anyone know what plant the cooling towers were attached to?
Fortnine brought me here
Really, which video?
@@endomobo359 this one: th-cam.com/video/HiOGAYOXN8U/w-d-xo.html
@@fresita_jugosa thank you, I thought this video was familiar.
@@endomobo359 when I saw it, it was this kind of thing that you really want to find the source no matter how, so I browsed "motorcycle safety tutorial vintage" and opened every and each one until I found it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯