Dover, Kent.
Full titles read: "CHANNEL MOTORCYCLED - NOW ! - H. S. Perry on 3 1/2 hp Ariel motorcycle - fitted with floats and a propeller makes newest method of crossing to & fro - in 7 hrs 25 mins."
L/S & M/S of Perry with other man preparing his bizarre contraption on the beach at Dover (His invention is basically a motorbike on two large floats. Various L/S's of Perry on his perilous adventure across the channel with a someone riding pillion ! L/S of Perry coming ashore on crowded beach (presumably France ?).
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Description
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Data
- Archive
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 15/08/1929
- Sound:
- Silent
- Media URN:
- 36067
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Film ID:
- 798.22
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration
- 00:01:20:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:34:25:00 / 01:35:45:00
- Canister:
- G 1633
- Sort Number:
- G 1633
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