London To York On Foot (1923)

Item title reads - London to York on foot! George Cummings - the world’s champion walker - endeavours to beat Dick Turpin’s famous (rest of title is obscured by timecode). London. M/S of a man on his horse stood next to George, L/S as George sets off walking. M/S of him and the horse going at the same pace, people follow on bicycles. 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 Pathé website.