Speed Thrills - And A Spill (1927)

Item title reads: “ Speed thrill - and a spill. In 25 mile motor paced cycle race at opening of Season’s racing. Winner’s time, 39 mins 30 secs.“ New York City, United States of America (USA). M/S cyclists race round a banked wooden race track. Each rider is preceded by a motorcycle pacemaker. The race continues at high speed without pacemakers and some riders collide and are helped from the track. 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 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British