Channel Motorcycled - Now ! (1929)

Dover, Kent. Full titles read: “CHANNEL MOTORCYCLED - NOW ! - H. S. Perry on 3 1/2 hp Ariel motorcycle - fitted with floats and a propeller makes newest method of crossing to & fro - in 7 hrs 25 mins.“ L/S & M/S of Perry with other man preparing his bizarre contraption on the beach at Dover (His invention is basically a motorbike on two large floats. Various L/S’s of Perry on his perilous adventure across the channel with a someone riding pillion ! L/S of Perry coming ashore on crowded beach (presumably France ?). 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