WW1 - War on Two Wheels | movie | 2021 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

World War 1 was a time where rapid technological advancement changed the landscape of warfare for the first time. Often  | dG1fOVVxRGFUN2NDNlU

Transcript

00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:02 From 1915, all along the British coastline like this,

00:06 army cyclists patrolled, guarding key coastal towns

00:11 from the enemy on their bikes.

00:13 At the outbreak of the First World War,

00:18 the bicycle had become a vital component

00:20 in the armies across Europe.

00:21 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:31 What a beautiful bicycle, genuinely.

00:33 You can see why these were considered the Rolls-Royce

00:36 of their day.

00:38 The First World War was the first time

00:40 bikes had been used on such a grand scale.

00:44 And a trained cyclist could cycle up to 60 miles in one day.

00:49 The army cyclist became an indispensable watchdog

00:52 of the British coastline.

00:54 Not sure I trust the brakes.

00:55 They are over 100 years old.

00:57 Are they Michelin's?

00:58 Yeah.

00:59 Wow.

01:01 Hard work, this.

01:03 Some of this detailing is beautiful down here.

01:06 He told me that he lied about his age

01:08 because the bicycle was such a lure.

01:11 Extraordinary.

01:12 Bicycles revolutionized society.

01:14 [MUSIC PLAYING]

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01:21 [MUSIC PLAYING]

01:25 (whooshing)