Cycle Polo (1958)

Purley, Surrey. L/S of several boys dressed in black and orange tops and shorts, they are tinkering with bicycles. M/S as 16 year old John Woodger turns the top of his sock down, he then puts a protective pad on the other shin and pulls the sock up. C/U of Bernard Taylor adjusting the handlebars with a spanner, C/U of the handlebars which have been customised with one side shorter than the other. M/S of the boys working on a bicycle. C/U of the chain and M/S as they move the pedals round. C/U of Charles Holdsworth. The narrator explains they are getting ready for a game of bicycle polo. M/S as two men examine the ball, one of them is referee Bob Reddin, C/U of the ball which is made from bamboo root. M/S of Mark Stevens looking at the polo mallet. The young men from Queen Mary’s Boys Club are playing the local . The club leader, Ted Denman, gives a mallet to a boy and they all ride off. M/S as the referee blows the whistle and M/S as the boys ride up. L/S of the referee as he blows the