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[Video] Vintage Film Used to Capture Hanoi’s Bicycle Culture

It may not be quite as vintage as this old family home movie from the early 50s, but this 2 minute 32 second super 8 film, (no, not that Super 8 film) from illustrator, artist and cartoonist Oslo Davis is a cool little piece of multimedia.


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Filmed in 2002, Xe Dap is about bicycles in Hanoi and has no sound, giving the short clip a solid layer of gritty character.

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