International Championship Cycling (1927)

Item title reads: “International Championship Cycling. W.J. Bailey - four times champion of the worlds and holder of world record - to meet Fauceux, French crack at ’wheeler’s’ festival.“ Herne Hill, London M/S two cyclists on a rolling road with a dial recording speed. A man in overalls watches. M/s as the cyclists fix toe clips and mount cycles helped by assistants. C/U of hands lacing up the toe grips. The cyclists wear long johns and cycling shorts over the top. The race starts and the riders go at high speed around the cambered race track of the velodrome. 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),