Cyclist Newsboys Derby (1927)

Item title reads: “Cyclist newsboys’ derby. Winner covers sixteen and a half miles through busy Paris streets with 8lbs. of newspapers in 57 mins. Paris, France M/S of hundreds of young cyclists on trade bikes as they set off on their ride through the streets of Paris. They are watched by crowds. One of the people in the crowd hands something to a cyclist riding over the cobbled streets - it could have been a drink of water. A van marked ’L’Atelier’ follows the pack. They continue uphill. The young winner is held aloft by the crowd and he seen speaking. Note: the bikes are delivery bikes -some with baskets at the front. 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 G