Ben Branch
September 16, 2012
This is a fantastic little 90 second feature on the highly respected Untitled Motorcycle Garage based in the United Kingdom, it was created by Leap Films to showcase the bikes, location and spirit of the BMW specialist at Untitled.
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Ben Branch
September 15, 2012
This captivating short film was created by Clement Beauvais and Arthur de Kersauson, it covers a winter journey through the mountains of France in the saddle of 3 bikes by Blitz Motorcycles.
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Ben Branch
September 9, 2012
The Camel Trophy was an event that rivalled the Paris-Dakar in its fame and perhaps surpassed it in its difficulty. The event exclusively used Land Rovers between 1987 and 1998…
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Ben Branch
September 2, 2012
With the long awaited return of Formula 1 this weekend taking place at the iconic Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium I thought it would be fitting to feature the 1985 Belgian Formula 1 Grand Prix.
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Ben Branch
August 19, 2012
If You’re Not Winning, You’re Not Trying is a 1973 Documentary that follows the iconic John Player Lotus team through the ’73 season. It features some truly amazing footage of Colin Chapman, Emerson Fittipaldi and Ronnie Peterson…
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Ben Branch
August 12, 2012
The 1969 Isle of Man TT was a race that took place in a time when 2-wheeled racing was dominated by the British marques Triumph, BSA and Norton.
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Ben Branch
August 5, 2012
This fascinating footage of motorboat races in 1925 in Buffalo shows a wide variety of watercraft from the era including a spectacularly beautiful steam powered ship (about half way through).
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Ben Branch
August 5, 2012
This great shot of Steve McQueen on the British set of 1962′s The War Lover, it’s the story of a daring WWII bomber pilot with a death wish.
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Ben Branch
August 1, 2012
I still remember seeing the Lotus Esprit in The Spy Who Loved Me when I was a child, the car looked unlike anything I’d ever seen and I swore to myself then and there that I’d get one when I grew up.
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Ben Branch
July 29, 2012
“Ayrton Senna – The Right To Win” is a documentary that came out in 2004, a few years before the recent and brilliantly made “Senna”.
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Ben Branch
July 27, 2012
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee is a slight departure from our usual programming here on Silodrome, although as it features cars, coffee and comedians, I felt like most of you wouldn’t mind.
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Ben Branch
July 21, 2012
Mack Sennett is the man credited with bringing slap-stick comedy to film for the first time, the actor, writer and director also gave Charlie Chaplin, Fatty Arbuckle, Gloria Swanson, The Keystone Kops, Bing Crosby, and W. C. Fields their start in show business.
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