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        Sport, on two wheels

        Motorcyclists being asked to walk the plank and dismount for ‘spud and water'? What's going on?

        Amateur film 1950 7 mins Silent

        From the collection of:

        Logo for National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales

        Overview

        Serious motorcycle races at an airfield (possibly Pengam, Cardiff) and fun races elsewhere in which a reference to ‘coupons' indicates that the event is taking place during or post-WWII. Chris Jenkins, a stalwart of Cardiff Amateur Cine Society and proprietor of a hair salon in Charles Street, Cardiff, shot this footage and his cheery son, Ken, is seen with a friend on four wheels at the close of the film.