Frenchman Wins Cycling Title (1959)

Title reads: “Frenchman wins Cycling Title“. Zandvoort, Holland (Netherlands). Panning shot group of cyclists at start of a race in World Cycling Championships. Travel shot behind the leading bunch of riders. Top shot riders racing down sea front. Various shots riders passing through town. Travel shot leading riders heading for race track. G/V riders rounding bend on track. Zoom shot leading riders going in opposite direction passing other riders still coming round bend. Travel shot beside leaders. G/V looking from the grandstand. Panning shot French rider Darrigarde racing with Italian rider Gismondi, they streak towards finishing line. Frenchman wins by small margin, he waves to the crowd. L/S policemen linking arms to keep crowd back. C/U Darrigarde with laurel round his shoulders, on left is Gismondi (second), on right is Belgian Fore (third). C/U Darrigarde. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FA