For The Olympic Games’ Team (1932)

Full title reads: “Herne Hill. For the Olympic Games’ Team. Britain’s best cyclists at . Trials - go through whole Olympic programme to find ’the right men’.“ Herne Hill, South London. NCU - National Cyclists (or Cycling) Union Starter’s gun fires and a cyclist sets off around the banked track of the Herne Hill cyclo-drome. He makes several laps. This may well be a pursuit race. Crowds are standing watching the racing. Tandem sprint - two tandems race around the track. Bunch race - a large group of cyclists start from the far side of the track. The bell is rung to denote the start of the last lap and the cyclists speed up for a sprint. M/S Politician J H (James Henry) Thomas (Colonial Secretary in the National Government) with other men. M/S Thomas with cyclists - F H and P Wild (sp?) - brothers from Derby who are Olympic hopefuls. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND