Sprint Finish After 49 Hours 23 Mins! (1931)

Full title reads: “Paris-Brest-Paris. Sprint finish after 49 hrs. 23 mins. Half a dozen finish ’altogether’ after gruelling 813 miles road race, it is only held once every ten years! And competitors came from every part of the World!! An Australian, Operman, won!!!“ Paris, France. Cyclists ride around the banked track of a large and crowded velodrome (cycle track). Various shots of the cyclists as they pedal hard to win this long race. The winner - Operman - is helped down from his bike. MS Operman speaking in poorly accented French about the good cyclists of France. CU Operman. FILM ID:865.2 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 Ne