Montlhery - World’s Fastest 2 Wheel Peddler (1937)

Title reads: “Montlhery“. France. George Piroet (sp.?), champion cyclist, tests out bicycle with giant gear wheel on famous motor racing track. The bicycle can travel at 80 miles per hour. Various shots of George cycling around track, a motorcyclist appears to be towing him (surely that’s cheating!?). A a man with a stopwatch times George. C/U of George. 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.