Obstacle Race - France (1938)

France. Various shots of men running through a town in a race. After running for a mile, they get onto bicycles and cycle for another mile. Then they get off their bikes and do a mile of cross country running that includes a bit of an obstacle course (men struggle under wire close to the ground). The final part of the race is swimming for a mile; men running a river jump in from a small jetty. M/S of the winner (?) - Number 55. Could be part of a Pentathlon event. FILM ID: 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