Girls Of The Wheel Brigade Herne Hill (1933)

Herne Hill. “Track enthusiasts - and as “nippy“ with a spanner or lever as with a tea tray - “ M/S of a group of Lyons Corner House waitresses (“nippies“) attending to their bikes. They have bicycles turned upside down and resting on their saddles as they perform running repairs. C/U of one of the girls who checks the spokes on her front wheel. High angle shot of the girls’ stockinged legs (for no apparent reason!) Dissolve into a shot of them powdering their noses. Panning shot of men assisting the girls in checking tyre pressure. “Fast on the track (and not so slow off it!)“ L/S of the girls about to start a race - all lined up. High angle shot of them racing around the track in their uniforms. Camera follows the girls as they whizz around the track. “Not so slow as this - “ Slow motion footage of the race. “The Wheel Brigade 1933 Vintage.“ High angle shot of large group of cyclists passing the camera (pleasure cyclists rather then racing cyclists). “And, rumour has it too, that cycl