0:00:37 > 0:00:38PULLEY CRANKS
0:05:15 > 0:05:18Once upon a time, there was a man in a hurry.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22He ran and he ran and he ran.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27No need to run, go by train.
0:05:32 > 0:05:37Unfortunately, the train didn't stop at his station.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40All right, then, try the bus.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44And when his turn came... "Sorry, full up."
0:05:45 > 0:05:46Now what to do?
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Wait for the next bus?
0:05:49 > 0:05:53For the man in a hurry, for the man who wanted to get somewhere,
0:05:53 > 0:05:55the problem was a real one.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57BELL RINGS
0:05:58 > 0:06:02And then he made a discovery...the bicycle.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05Here at last was the solution to his problem,
0:06:05 > 0:06:10a simple, practical, efficient, always available form of transport,
0:06:10 > 0:06:12the bicycle.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21Riding high, riding free, master of your own fate.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24This IS the way to travel.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31Your story now is clear to me, I see where lies the blame.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35And when the jury does declare, I think they'll find the same.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38ALL MUTTER
0:11:41 > 0:11:45Now foreman of the jury speak, your verdict I will note.
0:11:47 > 0:11:53The boy is guilty, if it please Milord, by majority vote.
0:11:53 > 0:11:58We find you guilty and I say you shall no longer ride.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02For two long years, you'll have to walk.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Take that poor thing outside.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51Augustus Windsor, the world's oldest living cyclist,
0:13:51 > 0:13:54is going to turn a corner!
0:13:54 > 0:13:56I do hope there are plenty of young cyclists watching this.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58What a lot they can learn.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02And now he's looking behind him, nothing too close.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04He makes a signal, no doubt about that one.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06Absolutely clear what he's going to do.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09And now he moves to the centre of the road.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12He's stopped at the junction waiting for traffic.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Now a watchful eye all round.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18He signals again...and he's off!
0:14:18 > 0:14:22A classic right-hand turn, every movement absolutely perfect.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26That must be why he's stayed alive so long.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17TICKING
0:17:18 > 0:17:20GROANING
0:17:20 > 0:17:23YAWNING
0:17:23 > 0:17:25MAN SIGHS
0:17:25 > 0:17:27A day older.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30HE SIGHS
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Every morning now I'm awake before the alarm.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35Bad sign that. Never used to be like that.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38I lie here worrying. What about?!
0:17:38 > 0:17:41About being set responsibilities says Tuffin.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44The longer I lie here the worse it gets.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46WOMAN TALKS INDISTINCTLY I can hear people outside doing things.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Downstairs. They never worry.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51Like regular, on the dot as usual.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Punctuality is a virtue.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Get yourself into a deep enough punctual rut,
0:17:56 > 0:17:58then you don't have to think, so you don't worry.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01Listen to her downstairs.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04..caught him the other morning looking at the back of his head...
0:18:04 > 0:18:07Oh, shut up! Shut up!
0:18:07 > 0:18:11- MAN CALLS:- Tony! I won't tell you again.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14One. HE GROANS
0:18:14 > 0:18:17HE YAWNS
0:18:18 > 0:18:21- Two.- Tony!
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Three. God, it's cold!
0:18:26 > 0:18:29RADIO PIPS SOUND
0:22:29 > 0:22:30BIRDSONG
0:22:30 > 0:22:32THUNDER
0:22:58 > 0:23:02- WOMAN:- The next train on platform five
0:23:02 > 0:23:05will be the Cyclist Special Excursion to Rugby.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Will passengers travelling on this train
0:23:07 > 0:23:09please go to the rear end of the platform.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12Rugby?! Who wants to go to Rugby?!
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Well, wouldn't you like a day touring in wooded Warwickshire
0:23:15 > 0:23:18or sturdy Leicestershire or historic Northamptonshire?
0:23:18 > 0:23:22All right, then, Rugby's the place to start from.
0:23:22 > 0:23:23What about their bikes?
0:23:23 > 0:23:27That's easy, just take some of the cycle vans from the runs to the continental ports
0:23:27 > 0:23:30and put them in those.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37A properly equipped touring cycle
0:23:37 > 0:23:39can be quite an expensive piece of machinery,
0:23:39 > 0:23:41so what do the railways do?
0:23:41 > 0:23:43They hang it on a rubber covered hook.
0:23:43 > 0:23:44And quite right too,
0:23:44 > 0:23:47because after careful investigation
0:23:47 > 0:23:50the Cycle Touring Commission of the International Touring Alliance
0:23:50 > 0:23:55decided that this was THE way to carry cycles by train.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17Most people, as soon as they get anywhere near a railway,
0:24:17 > 0:24:20are suddenly attacked by pangs of insatiable hunger
0:24:20 > 0:24:23or unquenchable thirst or both.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25Especially if they've been up since seven o'clock.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Especially on a Sunday morning.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Especially if they're cyclists.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52Well, there you are,
0:28:52 > 0:28:55we've travelled to Rugby, toured through parts of Warwickshire,
0:28:55 > 0:28:58Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, history and the British character
0:28:58 > 0:29:02and now we are going back home. All in one day.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05But that's the sort of thing that happens on these excursions,
0:29:05 > 0:29:07you can go farther and see countryside
0:29:07 > 0:29:09that you'd never normally touch in a day's outing.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12And on the way back, you can enjoy it all over again
0:29:12 > 0:29:15by talking about it or dreaming about it.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22Of the many sports that there are,
0:33:22 > 0:33:25I never thought that I should become interested in cycling.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29It's a sport that doesn't draw tremendous crowds,
0:33:29 > 0:33:31but those who do follow it
0:33:31 > 0:33:33do so with an enthusiasm that is quite catching.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35So that I found it exciting to watch
0:33:35 > 0:33:38and was then able to pick my own star to cheer for.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48This is how I came to know a young cyclist
0:33:48 > 0:33:50busy trying to reach the top class of the sport
0:33:50 > 0:33:53and building up his stamina with roadwork.
0:33:58 > 0:34:02This roadwork often takes him past one of those quiet country corners
0:34:02 > 0:34:04which you can still find near London.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07It is a favourite spot of mine
0:34:07 > 0:34:11and now when Harry passes he stops to talk awhile.
0:34:14 > 0:34:19During our talks, I learnt that Harry is a true amateur,
0:34:19 > 0:34:21he doesn't make any money from his chosen sport,
0:34:21 > 0:34:24indeed he has to meet his own expenses.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27So, of course, he has to earn his own living.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29But his work is intimately connected with cycling,
0:34:29 > 0:34:32because he helps his father who has a cycle shop
0:34:32 > 0:34:34and a small workshop which makes
0:34:34 > 0:34:37special racing bicycles for special customers.
0:34:42 > 0:34:46Harry suggested that I might like to come and see where he works.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49One of the first things he did when I had located the shop
0:34:49 > 0:34:52was to take me up the stairs to show me some of the cycles and equipment
0:34:52 > 0:34:56that he and his father had made for famous cyclists.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00He's particularly proud of the fact they have made machines
0:35:00 > 0:35:03which have taken part in the great touring races.
0:35:03 > 0:35:08In busy international events, in which Commonwealth teams take part,
0:35:08 > 0:35:13the competitors have to cover 1,400 miles in a fortnight.
0:36:06 > 0:36:07# This is the bike crossing the moor
0:36:07 > 0:36:09# Living the dream of winning the tour
0:36:09 > 0:36:11# Red and white blood cells locked in battle
0:36:11 > 0:36:13# While passing those tolls for diesel or cattle...
0:36:20 > 0:36:22# Up the jawbone, steady climb,
0:36:22 > 0:36:23# The gradient's cruel
0:36:23 > 0:36:25# And still on time
0:36:25 > 0:36:26# Rocking and rolling, heartbeat pounding
0:36:26 > 0:36:28# Fighting the physics, gasping, sounding...
0:36:42 > 0:36:44# Legs of iron, legs of steel
0:36:44 > 0:36:46# Legs of lead but hard to feel
0:36:46 > 0:36:48# Cogs and cadence, revolutions
0:36:48 > 0:36:51# Following signs through the motions
0:36:53 > 0:36:55# A devil-may-care graceful tread
0:36:55 > 0:36:57# A notice at the bar, a staring ahead
0:36:57 > 0:36:59# Fingers clamped like vultures' claws
0:36:59 > 0:37:02# In the gutter, looking at stars...
0:37:27 > 0:37:29# The common or garden this is their story
0:37:29 > 0:37:31# Adrenaline rush to pain and glory. #
0:37:46 > 0:37:48He went on to show me that the cycles which are used
0:37:48 > 0:37:51in this class of competition have some special features,
0:37:51 > 0:37:55lightweight wheels and tyres which can be peeled off if they puncture.
0:37:55 > 0:38:00I can think of many occasions when I'd have been glad of one like that.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05While we had been talking, I had been busy sketching
0:38:05 > 0:38:06and I was beginning to feel
0:38:06 > 0:38:09that I was getting close to a likeness of Harry.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12Our conversation switched again to racing
0:38:12 > 0:38:15and the medals and trophies Harry had already won.
0:38:15 > 0:38:19He reminded me that later that day I was to go along to the cycle track
0:38:19 > 0:38:24to watch him put in some practice laps as a warm-up for a race that evening.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47I was trying my hand at catching one or two action studies
0:40:47 > 0:40:50and at one of the changeovers, Harry peeled off
0:40:50 > 0:40:53and came across to see what progress I was making.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06For me I was not only pleased with my sketches,
0:41:06 > 0:41:10but that I had chosen a winner as my subject.
0:41:19 > 0:41:23This is a Morley CC Film Unit production.
0:41:23 > 0:41:29Bringing to you the British Cyclo-Cross Championship of 1962.
0:41:29 > 0:41:33But first of all, we're here at the start of the women's event.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35A preliminary event
0:41:35 > 0:41:39run on the short lap of the championship course
0:41:39 > 0:41:41on this classic circuit at Tingley.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48You see them away now.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51Beryl Burton of Morley CC is world champion
0:41:51 > 0:41:54along with Valerie Rushworth
0:41:54 > 0:41:58another national champion of the Monckton CC.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00And as they go up the hill towards the Tingley Lane,
0:42:00 > 0:42:03it's Valerie Rushworth who is leading from Beryl Burton.
0:42:03 > 0:42:07The race is of a duration of four-and-a-half miles approximately
0:42:07 > 0:42:09over this very rough course.
0:42:18 > 0:42:22And there's Beryl, who has taken up the lead from Valerie.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25As you see her climb over the wall, she enters into the field
0:42:25 > 0:42:30and makes her way towards the stream down the hill.
0:42:35 > 0:42:36And there's Valerie Rushworth
0:42:36 > 0:42:39strongly challenging Beryl for second position.
0:43:11 > 0:43:13And there goes Pauline.
0:43:13 > 0:43:14If she carries on like that,
0:43:14 > 0:43:17I'm afraid the bicycle won't last very much longer.
0:43:49 > 0:43:53And there's Beryl coming towards the finish.
0:43:53 > 0:43:56She must be the winner of this event.
0:43:56 > 0:43:58And it follows the pattern
0:43:58 > 0:44:03which is usually set by this brilliant woman cyclist.
0:44:06 > 0:44:08Now here comes Beryl towards the finish.
0:44:08 > 0:44:13Yes, Beryl Burton of Morley CC is the winner.
0:44:13 > 0:44:15And she doesn't seem at all perturbed.
0:44:27 > 0:44:29# Eyebrows upwards to the heavens
0:44:29 > 0:44:31# When she said she rode a bike
0:44:31 > 0:44:33# Beryl Burton local hero
0:44:33 > 0:44:35# Never called just a wife...
0:44:43 > 0:44:45# Rhubarb farmer, record breaker
0:44:45 > 0:44:47# Leaving all the boys behind.
0:44:47 > 0:44:48# Sweetly does it, consolation
0:44:48 > 0:44:50# Oh, I'm sure they won't mind...
0:45:28 > 0:45:30# Come along, Beryl, stop your knitting
0:45:30 > 0:45:32# No-one could ever stand in her way
0:45:32 > 0:45:34# Hard as nails, an inspiration
0:45:34 > 0:45:36# Her spirit'll never fade away. #
0:45:56 > 0:45:59- Morning, George.- Morning, Charles. - Morning.
0:46:02 > 0:46:06Now, suppose...just suppose you fall off your bike,
0:46:06 > 0:46:08suppose your brakes give out.
0:46:27 > 0:46:29Ambulance.
0:46:44 > 0:46:46Ambulance.
0:46:49 > 0:46:52- Ambulance.- Look again at this dangerous cyclist.
0:46:52 > 0:46:54HORN TYRES SCREECH
0:46:54 > 0:46:56Ambulance.
0:49:18 > 0:49:20Phew! Glad that's over.
0:49:24 > 0:49:29A decade ago, some scientists could say space flight is unthinkable.
0:49:30 > 0:49:34Now giant radio dishes send and receive television pictures
0:49:34 > 0:49:37by means of satellites in outer space.
0:49:37 > 0:49:40The specialist who told this man his heart was too weak
0:49:40 > 0:49:42and he would never walk again could not know
0:49:42 > 0:49:45how soon research would produce an answer.
0:49:47 > 0:49:51Now, a few years later, only an occasional check-up is needed
0:49:51 > 0:49:54to ensure that his heart is beating regularly.
0:49:54 > 0:49:56The control is electronic.
0:50:03 > 0:50:05A wire goes up the artery...
0:50:08 > 0:50:11..is looped just under the skin of his neck...
0:50:14 > 0:50:18..and connects to a control unit buried under the armpit.
0:50:26 > 0:50:28The control is electronic.
0:50:41 > 0:50:43# The control is electronic
0:50:48 > 0:50:50# Electronic
0:50:57 > 0:50:58# The control is electronic
0:51:04 > 0:51:05# Electronic
0:51:42 > 0:51:44# His heart is beating regularly
0:51:49 > 0:51:51# His heart is beating regularly. #
0:56:58 > 0:57:00MAN SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY
0:57:08 > 0:57:09Go!