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:
27 April 1901
The champion lady boxers of the world. Shows two female pugilists who are really clever. They engage in a hot one-round sparring bout.
03 December 1901
In the center of the ring the trainer forms a pile of baskets many feet in height. Greyhounds leap in rapid succession, forming a graceful arch and landing on the ground as lightly as so many feathers.
22 June 1901
A magician does tricks with the aid of his assistant, the Human Pump.
01 January 1901
1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith
19 October 1901
This film is difficult to classify. It opens on a scene showing a mourner with bowed head sitting in front of what appears to be a tombstone.
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.
16 November 1901
This early docudrama shows Auburn Prison and recreates the electrocution of Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of President McKinley of the United States.
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