No Petrol, So Push Cycling (1914-1918)

No petrol, so push cycling. Location of events unknown. Bicycles for fun and country. World War One; home front. Civilians in Britain are encouraged to use bicycles to save petrol. Various scenes of bicycling. GV park; with children and adults walking about. pan right to show several bicycles lying on ground. CU funny shot of a 3-generation family bike — 2 women - a young and an old - riding a tandem bike; with a child in a sidecar! A street filled with bicycle riders; on some special ride to promote cycling. Start of a boys’ bicycle race. Conservation; fuel; energy; sports; recreation; transportation; exercise. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Gr
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