Italy Stages New Style Motor Gymkhana (1947)

A new style motor gymkhana in Italy. Pincic Hill, Rome, Italy. LS MS Various shots of a car obstacle race in which a woman passenger in each vehicle has to perform various feats at stages in the race. The cars are driven over see-saws and the women have to throw balls through hoops etc. The women also have to mount stairs with a wind machine blowing which blows up their skirts. FILM ID:1199.1 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 News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.