A New Sport Cycle Skating (1923)

Описание: Item title reads - A new sport. It's cycle-skating, and comes all the way from Paris.



M/S of men strapping a small wheel to the side of each foot, and attaching them with braces up their calves and screws which they tighten up. C/U of one man screwing the wheel to his foot. C/U as he walks about with them attached.



Intertitle - 'A smooth surface is not essential' M/S of some people cycling down a path between some trees in a wood, they are using wooden sticks like ski poles to guide themselves.



Intertitle - 'and you can either propel yourself along in ski fashion ...' L/S as four men skate along a wide road using the poles.



Intertitle - 'or just skate.' M/S of a man skating around a park, he goes backwards and spins round.
FILM ID:314.4

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