Velorama (2014)

Directed by

Daisy Asquith

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of the bicycle over the last century using only archive footage. It covers everything from the first bicycles to modern racing like the Tour de France.

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What happens

Velorama is a documentary film celebrating a century of the bicycle, directed by Daisy Asquith. The film was commissioned to mark the arrival of the 2014 Tour de France in Yorkshire by Tour de Cinema in conjunction with Sheffield Doc/Fest. It is made entirely from archive footage from the Yorkshire Film Archive and the BFI National Archive, and covers the invention of the bicycle and the rise of recreational cycling, through to modern competitive races such as the Tour de France. The soundtrack was created by Bill Nelson and Chumbawamba. Bill Nelson has released a CD of the soundtrack called Pedalscope. The film premiered at the Yorkshire Festival in the run up to the Tour de France Grand Départ, and was then screened in ten outdoor locations across Yorkshire. It was broadcast on BBC Four on Sunday 6 July 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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