Hyde Park Trials 1950s

Footage from the Hyde Park trials in the 1950s. These trials were organised by the ISDS and held annually in the Whitsun Bank Holiday. The competitors were invited if they had been successful in the previous year. They were held in the 1930s, the 1950s and the 1960s. They were sponsored by the Daily Express so were known as the Daily Express trials. Some years attracted an audience of 200,000.