FRANCE: QUIRKY: Savard Rene crosses the Channel in his Hydrocycle (1927)

GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Rene Savard crosses the channel on his Hydrocycle in November 1927 , he crossed the Channel in seven hours 13 mins. (source Time magazine) . Full Description: NO SLATE INFORMATION FRANCE: Calais (November 1927) Inventor Rene Savard walking down steps of harbour with hydrocycle (hydrocycle has Calais - Dover on the ski part of machine) . Channel ferry in the harbour / Rene Savard cycling past on hydrocycle and out of harbour , pedalling/ cycling in choppy seas Background: Rene Savard crosses the channel on his Hydrocycle in November 1927 , he crossed the Channel in seven hours 13 mins. (source Time magazine) . FILM ID: VLVACNG3OZWEIGURFHVRMBT2W5J85 To license this film, visit Archive: Reuters Archive managed by: British Pathé