Nowadays thousands, if not millions of videos are uploaded to the internet every day, but just after the war that was very special. The film “1946 The motor club goes on the road” published by Bas Romeijn shows that motorcycling was already popular just after the war.
The war is over and people set to work with renewed élan, because there is much to do. Clean up the mess and start over with the fun things in life. And in that atmosphere, the Motor Club “Our pleasure `45” is founded. The now published film “1946 The motorcycle club goes on the road” shows that the motorcycle was already popular even then.
In the film we see motorcycle enthusiast Piet Bestebreurtje, owner of the Stations Koffiehuis in Barendrecht and uncle of the later racing driver John Bestebreurtje, in action. No wonder, because the many participants in the motorcycle ride leave from his establishment.
It even seems that he is one of the organizers. It is very busy there and a beautiful sight, all those different historic motorcycles with their riders in leather jackets.
It must have been an important event for that time because mayor Beelaerts van Blokland van Barendrecht is there and further on we see the general practitioner Dr. Dros in conversation with Janus Bakker, the founder of Bakker Barendrecht.
After the start, the camera moves to the Waalweg in Rijsoord near the inn “The weapon of Rijsoord” to record the passage of the participants. And finally, everyone is present again in the Stations Koffiehuis for a pleasant after-party.
Bas Romeijn has added the unique and historical film to his freely accessible film collection at basromeijnfilms.blogspot.com.
– Thanks for information from Motorfreaks.