SPORTS: 3-Nation Bike Race.
SPORTS: 3-Nation Bike Race.
Clip: 354844_1_1
Year Shot: 1957
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1634
Original Film: 030-043-08
HD: N/A
Location: Czechoslovakia
Timecode: 00:46:58 - 00:47:35
SPORTS: 3-Nation Bike Race. A marathon bike race that make the old 6-day grind look like child's play. The course runs from Prague, north through Germany to Warsaw - an event for iron men that's a Middle European sports classic. Bicyclists starting race. Glitch in image. Various shots of cyclists pedaling in snowy weather, spectators watching even though snow is falling. Helicopter shot interior a stadium full of fans. Winner and others cycling in stadium. Winner shakes hands with man, apparently Polish leader Wladyslaw Gomulka.