Maestro (Reg Harris story) dvd.93 min.NEW.

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Maestro : The Reg Harris Story Britain's first cycling superstar DVD: 93 mins DVD Region 0 (works worldwide) Britain's first cycling superstar was Reg Harris, five times the WorldSprint Champion and the winner of two silver medals in the 1948 Olympics.Enjoy in this special film, the story of his amazing life, with numerousinterviews and previously unreleased archive film, including the BBC film'Maestro' seen here for the very first time.The only survivor of a tank attack in the Western Desert in 1940, Harris wasdischarged as 'medically unfit', but the doctors under-estimated hisdetermined character and in 1947 he won his first title. In 1957 he retiredbecoming the owner of the historic Fallowfield track in Manchester. It wasrenamed the Harris Stadium. But life was not easy outside the track. So in1971 he returned to sprint racing. He caused a sensation. He was 51. Losingin the semi-finals of the British Championship didn't stop him, and in 1974incredibly, at the age of 54 he won his fifth British Sprint Championship.Reg's famous Raleigh bikes are now prized collectors items. Particularlyrevered is the one owned by cycling enthusiast Dennis Wright, who builds iton-screen. Top cycling promoter Alan Rushton and journalist Roger St Pierreare among those interviewed.The very special 30 minute BBC film "Maestro" made in 1985, where BarryDavies read more

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