Boneshakers 1949

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Bedfordshire.

M/Ss and L/S of five men riding log bicycle down country lane, M/Ss of the men getting off and pushing the cycle up hill. M/Ss of the men cycling down hill on the multicycle. L/S of the quaint little village of Beechwood Green near Luton. Various people can be seen riding a variety...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
34271
Sort Number:
NP 256
Time in/Out:
01:23:28:00 / 01:25:47:00
Canister:
NP 256
Film ID:
1267.14
Issue Date:
08/08/1949

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  • A visitor to the website has written in with a correction: This was filmed in Breachwood Green in Hertfordshire and not Beechwood Green in Bedfordshire.

    British Pathé 15th Mar 2012
  • Has anyone been able to confirm this?

    British Pathé 11th May 2012

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