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Help find a Youtube short film, 60's UK, cars/bikes

  • 01-10-2022 12:45pm
    #1
    MrCostington
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    The other night I watched a Youtube video on cafe racers and it reminded me of another video I saw a year or two ago, I tried to find it again without success and its been bugging me since, so I hope you can help. I'll try after hours if nothing comes up here.

    Here are my memories of it - take everything with a big pinch of salt as I'm sure to have mixed thing up with other videos!

    • 20-40 min long, B&W, set in England, perhaps London. I think it was a short film, but could be a doc. 60's or early 70's
    • About the lives of one or two main characters, one a biker the other perhaps a man about town type with an E Type
    • Pretty sure it starts with the biker sitting in traffic and his bike stalls and he can't get it going, people beeping at him
    • Cafe scene near the end
    • Might be a scene going through a tunnel
    • Love interest for one of them

    I know it's a long shot!



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  • #2
    RichT
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    Cafe Racer.....?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXY1PgvdzrU




  • #3
    MrCostington
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    Wow, thank you! That's it! I feel very silly now, I should have been able to find it, did you just search cafe racer or did you know it?

    I'll watch it tonight with some vino :) LOL the E Type was actually a Merc!



  • #4
    RichT
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    When you mentioned a cafe scene, I wondered if it might be The Ace Cafe. (A famous biker hangout on The North Circular in London)


    So I looked up Ace Cafe on Youtube, and that video was there.


    Ironically it's not The Ace Cafe in the video.



  • #5
    MrCostington
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    Ah yes the Ace Cafe is very famous. Oddly I actually searched tunnel of love but got hits for a song, that is the actual name of the film, but the uploader titled it differently.

    I won't spoil my viewing later, but I see Eddit Kidd is in it, sad story. I actually saw him I think behind Donnycarny chruch back in the 80's, if you know the area.

    Thanks again, I might havea Rich Tea biscut in your honour too :)



  • #6
    steinbock123
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    Made a pilgrimage over to the Ace Café once upon a time, having read so much about it.

    Nice bikes and cars , but one of the worst fry-ups I ever had.



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  • #7
    Thinkingaboutit
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119694423#Comment_119694423

    That's disappointing and kills the slight interest I've had in doing that.



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