Tag: war

What’s in a name?

Post author By James Longhurst
Post date May 3, 2015

The words that we use to talk about bicycles change over time, but so slowly that we might not even notice. You have to step back and look at a bigger chunk of time to see it.

Tags cycling, Deleted Scenes, digital humanities, google, postwar, technology, war, wheelmen

Blog Deleted Scenes

British Pathé, US Bikes

Post author By James Longhurst
Post date April 20, 2015

A 1943 newsreel shows Australian young men donning gas masks on their bicycles in preparation for wartime messenger service in the ARP.

What can recently-uploaded historical newsreels tell us about bicycle history? UPDATED!

Tags celebrity, cycling, digital archive envy, film, technology, touring, war