New Folding Bicycle (1965)

Unissued / unused material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown. Pangbourne, Berkshire. LS Girl getting off a houseboat on the river. Various shots showing the girl, wearing an outfit specially designed by Mary Quant, being handed a Raleigh folded bicycle which she unfolds and begins to ride. She cycles a short distance to some gates. An older man backs up his car, opens the boot, folds up her bike and packs it into the boot of the car. The young woman sits in the passenger seat of the open top car and they drive off. Note: Date on original record: 13/05/1965. Dope sheet records that the bicycle’s designer also designed the scooter used by airbourne troops during the war. 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,