1908 biker film...

[Paul P.]

A little gem sent to us by Ken Lee, you can now see where we first got a bad name from! (..or where Benny Hill got his ideas?)

The Non-Stop Motorcycle

A young man, crazy about motorcycles, buys an Ellehammer and drives it out of the store at wild speed. During his unruly driving, he knocks over several people, all of whom set out to chase him. This short film is a popular and time-typical example of the so-called “pursuit farce”, or “running...

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[howo]

Well what did they expect, walking in the street with all that traffic about!!

 

[Rick]

The slap stick comedy aside (no longer remotely funny by today's expectations) , it's a fascinating clip into a world devoid of traffic, with presumably petrol availability very limited. How times have changed in just over a century of the combustion engine.