Lord Bishops Walk AKA Walking Race (1920)

Birmingham. Intertitle: THE LORD BISHOP S WALK. E. Rogers ( Birmingham W. C. ) wins Bishop of Birmingham s Challenge Trophy in 2 hrs. 55m. 49 3, 5 L, S of a line of men in shorts at the start of a race, crowds of spectators line the route. The walkers speed walk past the camera. M, S of four speed walkers racing down an empty street, several men on bicycles and a motorbike escort them. M, S of a speed walker leading the race, the other competitors follow. They pass several spectators and several advertising hoardings. M, S of one of the competitors walking around a man with a flag a race marker. On his way back towards the camera, a man in a flat cap wipes the walker s brow with a sponge. More shots of other spectators reaching the flag marker and having their brows mopped. C, U of the winner E. Rogers shaking hands with a gentleman in a trilby, other men crowd round to congratulate him. C, U of E. Rogers. C, U of elderly man in a Tshirt one of the competitors N