A New Sport 1912

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Paris. The new sport of "Cycle-skating". Five men sit beside a car and fasten small wheels to their boots. They look very serious.

The wheels are like small individual unicycles and they fasten at the knee. C/U of boot which has special grips which holds the wheels on to the feet. Man moves...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
14758
Sort Number:
EP 065
Time in/Out:
01:36:38:00 / 01:38:36:00
Canister:
EP 065
Film ID:
858.15
Issue Date:

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