Monkey Tricks (1948)

London. C/U of traffic lights changing to green. M/S of car, a horn is heard sounding. Suddenly a chimpanzee wearing a striped blazer hurtles into view on a bicycle and speeds off down the road. Several shots of the chimp cycling along busy roads (more sound effects of horns blowing have been added) to the shock of passers by. The chimp eventually falls off the bike and climbs a tree. 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.