• Short Summary

    Mr A. G. Tabb makes miniature bicycles and demonstrates them in front of camera.

  • Description

    Full title reads: "MR. TABB MAKES A BIKE".

    Kidderminster, Worcestershire.

    Close up shot of sign 'A. G. Tabb. Cycle Maker'. Close up shot of hands holding 5 1/2 inch bicycle, pan up to Mr Tabb smiling with top hat on. Close up shot of the cycle. Mr Tabb's large feet walk into picture. Pan up to Mr Tabb looking down at cycle. Mr Tabb 'mounts' cycle and rides towards and out of picture. Several more shots of Mr Tabb riding miniature cycle. Mr Tabb riding cycle down garden path and turns round. Close up shot of small cycle, track back showing other types of bikes. Panning shot of Mr Tabb riding down road on small tandem cycle with small model sitting at rear.

    Note: The same man appears with his miniature bicycles ten years earlier in New Sound Pictorials - NSP 112.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    1430.21
    Media URN:
    46599
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    03/06/1948
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:08:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:31:36:00 / 01:32:44:00
    Canister:
    48/45

Comments (1)

  1. Unknown user says

    "Mr Tabb" referred to in the shots list is Alf Tabb.

    Alf and his miniature bikes also appear in clips 1373.14, 1256.14 and 77.02.

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