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Topical Budget 242-2: Motor Cycle Hill Climb (1916)
 

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Title: "MOTOR CYCLE HILL CLIMB. Public School Boys, many of whom are members of the O.T.C. test their skill in a Motor Cycle hill climb at Snowhill Worcestershire."

A group gathers at the foot of the hill and motorcycles are manoeuvred into position. Four cyclists are pushed by their companions to help start the engine. The crowd-lined slope becomes increasingly steep.