On The Beat - The British Policeman 1900-1984

From the early 1948 funeral of PC Nathaniel Edgar in London.

1946/47 Triumph Speed Twin , (telescopic forks and no headlamp nacelle) no doubt in Amaranth Red .

Writing looks like Commando 850 LT - does that make sense?? with LT beeing the hook of big C in Commando https://www.flickr.com/photos/30311970@N07/7476346328/ Nice link. So it's the Greater Manchester Police Museum. No doubt a wonderful museum to visit, but do they put useful information online about their cars and bikes? No.

the same with museum round the corner here http://sinsheim.technik-museum.de/

Again the presenter calls it a BMW - but the commentary gets confused at this point as he refers to a non-existent Honda small script above headlight seems to read K100 maybe he refers to it as first BMW with 4 cyl in line like Honda ?

Script is K1100 - Link to "renaissance-hotels.marriott.com"

1960 footage described as Bootle Street police station in central Manchester. Modern voiceover says Velocette LE 200 with "water-cooled shaft-drag(??) engine - the silent bike". Late 58 Manchester plate. Another "Velocette LE 200" in intro sequence at 00-05

Presenter calls it a BMW - he may be right but the commentary gets confused at this point

Honda ST 1100 Pan European

1972 footage - see slight clue - of Metropolitan Police display team. Included in DVD extra feature "Police On Display" - a 5 minute random compilation of archive bits.

closeup reveals Triumph Trophy ? https://www.flickr.com/photos/68309522@N04/8232071925/

Looks like Triumph badge on tank. More 1935+ footage from Hendon - if sequencing is correct this could be 1938.

Looks like BSA tank badge, 1930 plate. 1931 London Met police footage