A New Sport (1912)

Paris. The new sport of Cycleskating. 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 to show the camera how they work. He wheels his feet backwards and forwards good C, U. A smooth surface is not essential for this sport, thus we see the men moving towards us through a forest on their wheels. They hold sticks and use them rather like ski poles to help them balance and propel themselves forward. L, S of the men skiing along a wide avenue in the forest, they move quite quickly. L, S of one of the men doing figure skating on the wheels. Very good Quite a cool quirky invention. Precursor to roller blades Was probably a Pathe Pictorial item. Note: flashframe title and intertitles. Safety print exists. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITIS