local "car cruise" pics, REBUILD

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classic look

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girls and chains …

Notice the upsweeps; there are 4 exhaust outlets. A 45 c.i. harley-davidson has only 2 cylinders.

Thus, the designer/builder has Y'ed each of the exhaust pipes; prob' causes quite a commotion when running.

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This isn't solely a photo shoot; she's singing a song in french.

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Climbing up on a 45.

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She looks so fine astride her mount.

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Interesting still.

One can see

• her smiling face reflected in the mirror
• stage lights twinkling in the chrome
• chrome headlight and front suspension springs
• the dashboard with H-D speedo (I, too, have one of this particular style)
• her left hand on a handlebar grip

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Good camera shot … one of the best of her and the bike.

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Ring a bell?

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Back in 1969/70, a grayscale (aka B&W) poster of her and the WLA was very popular and stylish to have adorning the wall of your den, game room, garage, etc. I had one. I didn't know then it was a still from a movie film clip.



You have just seen some stills from a video composed by Serge Gainsbourg for "The Brigitte Bardot Show" in 1968.

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The song/video was made available to play on the french SCOPITONE, a video jukebox made in the 60s. It used a 16mm film projector, had 36 user selectable choices, and displayed on a 26", high definition color screen.


The french SCOPITONE, 1960s.

I never had the experience of using/viewing one here in the states.

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Brigitte Bardot - Harley Davidson, a scopitone classic

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5 years ago, someone informed me on a bike forum that this scopitone film footage existed.

I stumbled across an .flv file of it on the I'net about a week ago while searching for something else.



Thanks to those who converted the 16mm footage to .flv so I and others can watch this video.

I never dreamed I'd see it in this lifetime.

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Jimi Hendrix on an H-D Panhead

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Jayne Mansfield, beside a Harley-Davidson Hydra Glide, posed as
motorcycle cop "Miss Traffic Stopper", ticketing male driver. 1962.

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Jennifer Lopez straddling apparently a vintage Indian Chief