Tourist Trophy Race 1921

Star Item

Description

Item title reads - Tourist Trophy Motor Cycle Races. New records made at the famous Island Contests. Isle of Man.

We see motorcycles all lined up at the start, one man at a time goes through the line, starts his bike and jumps on. M/S as they race round the corner, various shots as they race...

more

Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
22332
Sort Number:
G 0782
Time in/Out:
01:34:53:00 / 01:36:06:00
Canister:
G 782
Film ID:
236.30
Issue Date:
20/06/1921

Comments (0)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.

Add your comment

To post a comment, please Register or to add a comment
WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
Battle
The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
Churchill
British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
Franz Reichelt

Related Videos

Hide
QM In Dry Dock (Aka Queen Mary In Dry Dock)

QM In Dry Dock (Aka Queen Mary In Dry Dock)

The Queen Mary comes into dry dock at Southampton for her twice-yearly overhaul.

Goggle Dog

Goggle Dog

Quirky item about a vintage car enthusiast that takes his dog motoring wearing goggles.

Yachting At Cowes

Yachting At Cowes

People enjoy yachting at Cowes, Isle of White.

Scottish National War Memorial

Scottish National War Memorial

Review and parade in Edinburgh.

We Must Be Supreme In The Air

We Must Be Supreme In The Air

Dominion Premiers see demonstration of civilian and RAF (R.A.F.) flying at Croydon.

Ex-Premier's Holiday

Ex-Premier's Holiday

Ramsay MacDonald visits the Panama canal.

Sky-Scraper Fire Fighter

Sky-Scraper Fire Fighter

A 175 foot high fire tower uses 4 nozzles to spurt out 28,000 gallons of water a minute. New York, America (USA, U.S.A.).

(Malayan State Crowns New Rajah)

(Malayan State Crowns New Rajah)

His Highness Tuan Syed Putra becomes leader of Perlis, part of Malaya.

 

 

The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
Death Row
The images taken from inside Buchenwald Concentration Camp after its Liberation show us what it was like; it tells us what happened and forces us to remember.
Buchenwald
10 telling images selected from British Pathé's extensive WWI footage. 'The war to end all wars' was a war without parallel: over 70 million military personnel were involved and over 17 million people died.
WW1
The Duke of Edinburgh has many talents, but it is his unique way with words that often receives the most attention. 
LULU'S WEDDING
British Pathé filmed the 20th Century's biggest names, some of them before they even became famous. Click through and guess who these soon-to-be celebrities were when first captured by our cameras.
 Before_Famous
Private UFOs, flying bicycles, motorised wheels - Pathe's archive is awash with fabulous films of canny and creative transport inventions.Take a look at some of the more unusual but ingenious ideas that people have had to beat the traffic.
Transport_Inventions