Pedalling! (1932)

Bicycles of various types are featured. Introductory intertitle reads: “In Grandma’s time the roads were a paradise for cyclists - no flashing motors swept them into the hedge - (Though they sometimes found it unaided!)“ Moving shot of two women riding a bike. It is a strange bicycle - it has two saddles and two sets of pedals but isn’t a tandem as the girls sit side by side. They are gossiping as they ride along. Suddenly for no apparent reason they crash into a hedge. Several men in old fashioned garb rush to help them. (This may be an old film reused but looks to me like it is contemporary with the rest of the item and just made to look older through the costumes and style of movement). “But, even the coming of the car has not driven the thrill of fast pedalling out of our systems... (Filmed at Herne Hill.)“ C/U of the pages of an old book. It is “The Golden Book of Cycling“ and may have been written by Frank William Southall. M/S of the start of a cycling race. It is a men’s cycl