norbold Posted June 25, 2022 Report Share Posted June 25, 2022 (edited) Next Wednesday (29 June) at 6:10 p.m. on Talking Pictures Channel: Look at Life Riding it Rough. 1961. "A look at the sport of speedway racing…" Edited June 25, 2022 by norbold 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted June 25, 2022 Report Share Posted June 25, 2022 (edited) Wow! I wish I could watch that... EDIT: It looks like there are several showings of the documentary - although it doesn't show the one listed! https://tv24.co.uk/p/look-at-life-riding-it-rough-gyinwc And there are compilation DVD's available... Edited June 25, 2022 by chunky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted June 25, 2022 Report Share Posted June 25, 2022 Comes up on Wed 29th at 6.10pm when I looked for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted June 25, 2022 Report Share Posted June 25, 2022 9 minutes ago, arnieg said: Comes up on Wed 29th at 6.10pm when I looked for it Something weird going on, eh? There are a bunch of other 'Look at Life' documentaries on YouTube, but not that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted June 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2022 5 hours ago, arnieg said: Comes up on Wed 29th at 6.10pm when I looked for it Yes, you're right, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted June 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2022 Carrying their bikes on trailers behind them. Those were the days! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longlivefrankie Posted June 30, 2022 Report Share Posted June 30, 2022 Hello You can catch up here - you have to register Look At Life ¦ Talking Pictures TV (tptvencore.co.uk) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobbieB Posted June 30, 2022 Report Share Posted June 30, 2022 Many thanks Norbold. This was an intresting programme. It was nice to see the old Wimbledon and Southampton tracks, alongside a slice of the Ove Fundin vs Bjorn Knutsson Golden Helmet match race at Southampton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 Not strictly "Look at Life" but does anyone recall this? There was a TV Show called "Today" I think it was with Cliff Michelmore-not sure if it was BBC or ITV. Anyway in around late 1962-63, before I got into Speedway there was an item on speedway-some riders were interviewed. The thrust of the segment was that there were bigger crowds for a lower level rather than top level speedway- I guess they were talking about the Provincial League. I remember talking about it to some of my mates at High School. Do any forumlanders of the same vintage as me recall this?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midland Red Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 16 hours ago, RobbieB said: Many thanks Norbold. This was an intresting programme. It was nice to see the old Wimbledon and Southampton tracks, alongside a slice of the Ove Fundin vs Bjorn Knutsson Golden Helmet match race at Southampton. Most interesting to me was the start, where the riders were held a couple of yards (don’t recall the exact measurements) and when the green light (or whatever) came on, they moved to the tapes which immediately rose. No gardening, no rolling. Ah, the good old days. Will we ever learn from them? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepturningleft Posted July 4, 2022 Report Share Posted July 4, 2022 The Look at Life series is readily available on amazon and the feature on Southampton (Vol 4: Sport) is not the only speedway film. There is also a film mainly featuring cycle speedway, but which also includes some splendid footage from Hackney. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 Well, obviously due to last week's screening, someone has now uploaded the episode to YouTube! So, I have now seen it. The quality of the footage for the time is astounding... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 Nice piece for us enthusiasts to watch. But the actual racing sequences were very tame and would only back up the idea that first out of the gate wins. And the commentator gave that more credence by roughly stating that, although he mentioned the top riders Pity really, as surely there was some more exciting clips to use. Not sure where this was shown at the time, but wouldn’t have helped the sport out of the doldrums it found itself in But I enjoyed it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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