And Now To South Africa To Watch - The Skidders (1930)

South Africa. Story about riding motorcycles around dusty, dirty tracks. Camera follow a rider who skids and falls off his bike. Clouds of smoke billow around him. Another rider falls off. More riders pass by. Another skids and comes off. One rider who falls of narrowly avoids being run down by another rider. Various thrills and spills but not very close to the camera - all a bit distant. Was an item in Pathe Pictorial issue number 650. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1