Oldest bike on film?

[Haitch]

Following on from the TdF stage 2 spoiler thread, is this 1895 film by the Lumière brothers the first and therefore oldest to feature a bike?


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL0th6vWe-8

 

[threebikesmcginty]

A bit later at 1909 'Slippery Jim' - bike action appears, as if by magic, at about 3:20 and runs for a couple of minutes, it's fun too!

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]View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwy9rF9Mfk4[/media]

 

[Hilldodger]

I'm sure there's one from 1892/3. I know I've seen it but can't think where.

Even so, that's a great piece of film.

 

[Haitch]

Nice film, 3BM. Cyclists cocking a snook at authority, who'da thunk it.

To answer my own question, Exiting the Factory, the very first film ever made (also 1895), features a bike.

Chain's a bit slack.

 

[Origamist]

Edison: 1899 Bicycle trick riding, no. 2
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]View: http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5hSsay6DHI[/media]


Unfortunately, Le Prince's film of Leeds Bridge dated 1888 does not have a cyclist in shot.

 

[Hilldodger]

Nice film, 3BM. Cyclists cocking a snook at authority, who'da thunk it.

To answer my own question, Exiting the Factory, the very first film ever made (also 1895), features a bike.

Chain's a bit slack.

There are films dating from well before 1895 - certainly 1891.

 

[Origamist]

There are films dating from well before 1895 - certainly 1891.

Indeed.

 

[Haitch]

There are films dating from well before 1895 - certainly 1891.

Yes, I saw that later. I stand corrected. But is that the first with a bike? I also saw a lo-fi film of a New York street from before 1895 but I couldn't make out a bike.

 

[Origamist]

Yes, I saw that later. I stand corrected. But is that the first with a bike? I also saw a lo-fi film of a New York street from before 1895 but I couldn't make out a bike.

I suspect Lumiere's film is one of the earliest film records of a bicycle, but I do not know if Edison/Dickson filmed something "bike-like" earlier. Much of their work from 1894 was studio based, so I'm unsure.