FIFTY YEARS AGO - THE EVOLUTION OF CYCLING 1931
"Taken with the assistance of the Cyclists' Touring Club." Introductory
intertitle reads: "Fifty years ago, wearing a bustle and a pained
expression, Eve took a sedate front seat."
Travelling shot of a couple in Victorian dress riding on an antiquated
bicycle. The woman sits on the front part of the bike whilst the man
pedals at the back. "Nothing strenuous about this for Eve - Adam did
the pedalling." Closer travelling shot of the strange vehicle. "The
"Sociable", when the forward young Misses of the day dispensed with the
skirt." (shot missing) "Later came the high "ordinary." L/S of man
riding a Penny Farthing type bicycle. "The "Whippet" followed." Moving
shot of a man riding a "Whippet" bicycle. Travelling shot of the bike
being ridden by a man in old fashioned costume.
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