Exciting scenes of amateur cycling's 'Race of Champions' at Manchester's Fallowfield track.
Watch the official Race for the Muratti Cup at Manchester Wheelers’ Annual Race Meet 1901 trailer in HD below.
United Kingdom 09 August 1901
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1901:
01 November 1901
On the roof of an ancient palace appear a young Knight and his lady. While they are making love an ugly old witch appears and is rather troublesome.
03 February 1901
An impression of the funeral parade for Victoria, Queen of England, filmed in London (via https://catalogue-lumiere.
01 August 1901
An inventive use of slow-motion filming helps hammer home the gag as an unconvincing 'Indian chief' hopes to dissolve some trapped wind with a popular brand of indigestion powder.
01 April 1901
The film shows a parade down Fifth Avenue, New York. In the foreground many children, both black and white, can be seen following alongside the parade.
13 December 1901
A man tries to climb ito bed to get a night's sleep. Every time he does, the bed suddenly is someplace else and he falls on the floor.
09 November 1901
A daredevil rides his bicycle down a ramp and attempts to land in a pool of water as a crowd of spectators watches.
11 August 1901
The famous acrobats in the above title appear in a marvellous acrobatic act. There are three barrels arranged on the stage.
16 March 1901
Filmed at the second inauguration of William McKinley on March 4, 1901, this short captures the president taking the oath of office at the U.
02 January 1901
Panorama of a mountainside railroad and tunnel.
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