Les Bicyclettes de Belsize

Les Bicyclettes de Belsize is a 1968 British musical short film (30 mins) starring Judy Huxtable and Anthony May. It tells the story of a young man cycling around Hampstead area of London on a Raleigh bicycle. After crashing into a billboard he falls in love with a fashion model depicted on it. They meet and he sings her his love song, they fall in love. There is almost no spoken dialogue, and the soundtrack to the film is musical virtually throughout. The title song of the film, written by Les Reed and Barry Mason has been a hit for Mireille Mathieu and Engelbert Humperdinck.

Les Bicyclettes de Belsize by Engelbert Humperdinck

Turning and turning
The world goes on.
We can't change it, my friend.
Let us go riding all through the days,
Together to the end, to the end.

Les bicyclettes de Belsize
Carry us side by side
And hand in hand we will ride,
Over Belsize.
Turn your magical eyes.
Round and around,
Looking at all we found.
Carry us through the skies,
Les bicyclettes de Belsize.

Spinning and spinning,
The dreams I know,
Rolling on through my head.
Let us enjoy them, before they go.
Come the dawn, they all are dead.
Yes, they're dead.

Les bicyclettes de Belsize
Carry us side by side
And hand in hand we will ride

Over Belsize.
Turn your magical eyes.
Round and around,
Looking at all we found.
Carry us through the skies,
Les bicyclettes de Belsize

And the movie: (30 mins)
Part 1
Part 2

The bike belongs to my mum walkingS, who has decided its time to sell, kind of sad but mum prefers to walk these days. For you mum, hope you like the song, a tribute to your cycling days :)

Happy Tuesday everyone :)