Bicycle Race at the Arroyo Seco Cycle Track (1898)

Original title

Carrera de bicicletas en el velódromo de arroyo seco

Directed by

Fèlix Oliver

Genre

documentary film, silent film

Country

Uruguay

Runtime

3 min

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a short silent documentary film from 1898. It shows a bicycle race taking place at a cycle track in Uruguay.

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What happens

"Carrera de bicicletas en el velódromo de Arroyo Seco" (English: "Bicycle Race at the Arroyo Seco Cycle Track") is a documentary short produced by director Félix Oliver. It is considered the first Uruguayan film. The only known copy is preserved in the archives of Cinemateca Uruguaya. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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