Fifty Years Ago The Evolution Of Cycling (1931)

Taken with the assistance of the Cyclists Touring Introductory intertitle reads: Fifty years ago, wearing a bustle and a pained expression, Eve took a sedate front Travelling shot of a couple in Victorian dress riding on an antiquated bicycle. The woman sits on the front part of the bike whilst the man pedals at the back. Nothing strenuous about this for Eve Adam did the Closer travelling shot of the strange vehicle. The Sociable, when the forward young Misses of the day dispensed with the (shot missing) Later came the high L, S of man riding a Penny Farthing type bicycle. The Whippet Moving shot of a man riding a Whippet bicycle. Travelling shot of the bike being ridden by a man in old fashioned costume. Happy days, when modern traffic was an undreamed of The cyclists (plus two women in strange garb riding a side by side tandem) arrive at a pub. They park their bikes. If they cycled through London today.