Six Day Bicycle Race In New York (1937)

Full title reads: “Six day bicycle race“. Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States of America (USA). Marathon bicycle race lasting almost a week, competitors sleep and eat in short breaks in middle of tracks. 15 teams from all over the world compete. Various shots of cyclists resting in cots at side of track. One cyclist is representing Germany - a swastika flag flies over his cot. We see the Mayor of New York, Fiorello La Guardia, fires the starting pistol in the foreground. Various shots of cyclists racing around the track watched by a large audience. 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 Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulleti