Manchester - Blackpool (1924)

Lancashire. Title: “MANCHESTER ... BLACKPOOL. Walk ... won from 59 competitors by J. Holt of Bradford in fine time of 8 hrs. 20 mins“. Point of view shot from the back of a moving vehicle, a man with a no. 10 on his shirt speed walking along a country lane, he is followed by a group of men on bicycles, a man on a motorbike with sidecar. M/S of the same man speed walking down a suburban street, still followed by a fleet of cyclists, groups of spectators watch from the pavements. M/S of the man - Holt - walking very fast down Blackpool Pier, passing cheering crowds, a man jogs alongside him holding an overcoat which he slips over Holt’s shoulders as he reaches the camera. C/U of the mayor of Blackpool presenting Holt with a large shiny trophy. Intertitle: “Huge crowds cheered the 112 game little schoolboys who has their race over last 8 miles of the course“. M/S of a boy walking down the pier, he goes to join some adult walkers who have finished the race, they shove him and point towards th