Reel Number: 221321-06
Color: Black and White
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1930
Country: USA
Location: New York City,NYC
TC Begins: 17:42:01
TC Ends: 17:43:23
Duration: 00:01:22
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Bike Riders Crash On Slippery Track As Rain Mars Meet 17:42:09 Two riders helped to start on NYC outdoor (?) bicycle wooden banked race track; two motorcycles come into place and bicycles draft around track. 17:42:44 Twelve riders started, people watching from grandstand; several fall after one lap. Sports - Bike Racing; Pedaling; Racing; 1930; 1930s; Velodrome; Depression; NOTE: A velodrome seating 10,000 in Inwood, Bronx - Broadway at 225th St - burned in morning hours of 04Aug30. A similiar sized velodrome existed at Coney Island - Neptune Ave & West 12th Street.