Columbia Studios/Horizon Pictures release "Lawrence of Arabia". The film is considered by many to be one of the greatest and most influential films in the history of cinema. Based on the life of T.E. Lawrence. The film depicts Lawrence's experiences in Arabia during WWI. Lawrence's emotional struggles with the personal violence inherent in war, his own identity, and his divided allegiance between his native Britain and his newfound comrades within the Arabian desert tribes.
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Two months after leaving military service, T.E. Lawrence was fatally injured in an accident while riding his Brough Superior SS100.
A very experienced rider (he had owned seven Brough Superior's previously) the crash occurred on a narrow road in Dorset, close to his cottage, Clouds Hill. A dip in the road obstructed his view of two boys on bicycles, forcing him to swerve hard to avoid them. Lawrence lost control and was thrown over the handlebars. He suffered severe head injuries that left him in a coma; he died six days later on May 19, 1935.
One of the doctors attending him was the neurosurgeon, Hugh Cairns. He consequently began a long study of what he saw as the unnecessary loss of life by motorcycle dispatch riders through head injuries and his research led to the use of crash helmets by both military and civilian riders.
Lawrence's last SS100, registration GW 2275, is on display at the Imperial War Museum in London.
The next time you're flipping from channel to channel and bitching about there being nothing to watch, I highly recommend renting/buying/borrowing/stealing "Lawrence of Arabia".
