Summary

AUTO RACING 2

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Title: AUTO RACING 2
File Number: AFP-62AH 16mm
Color: B W
Type: Newsreel
Year: 01/01/1957
Subjects: Aerials
Description: 00:32:33:00 B W 1957 WS Daytona Grand National Stock Car Race: crowded Florida beach. 00:32:45:00 B W 1957 MS Start of Daytona race Dick Foley drives Car 61 spinning into dunes, waits for pack to pass before rejoining race. 00:33:01:00 B W 1957 WS Cars race past on sandy straightaway, ocean in distance. 00:33:06:00 B W 1957 CU Race car passes another on curve. 00:33:11:00 B W 1957 MS Car spins around cruve, people watch from sand dune. 00:33:15:00 B W 1957 WS Paul Goldsmith in car 3, a Pontiac, leads on straightaway. 00:33:18:00 B W 1957 CU Paul Goldsmith's Pontiac races by. 00:33:25:00 B W 1957 WS Curtis Turner in Car 26, a Ford, slides sideways down straightaway. 00:33:34:00 B W 1957 MS Curtis Turner tails Paul Goldsmith's Car 3 around curve. 00:33:35:00 B W 1957 WS Paul Goldsmith's Pontiac races alone down straightaway, others follow. 00:33:38:00 B W 1957 MS 2 stock cars slide sideways around hairpin curve to stop, right themselves as others pass. 00:33:48:00 B W 1957 MS Car slides off roadway & over dune to stop. 00:33:51:00 B W 1957 CU Car 44 smashed into dune w smoking engine. 00:34:03:00 B W 1957 WS Goldsmith still leads race down straightaway Curtis Turner spins out in No. 26. 00:34:08:00 B W 1957 CU Curtis Turner spins to stop & re-enters race. 00:34:12:00 B W 1957 CU Car No. 28 tails No. 6 around curve, others follow. 00:34:16:00 B W 1957 CU Paul Goldsmith makes pit stop for fuel. 00:34:24:00 B W 1957 CU Mechanics pour gas from canister into Goldsmith's Pontiac. 00:34:26:00 B W 1957 CU Mechanic gives Goldsmith cup of coffee, mechanics push car for Goldsmith to re-enter race. 00:34:36:00 B W 1957 CU Goldsmith's Car No. 3 race past. 00:34:42:00 B W 1957 WS Goldsmith's Car No. 3 racing past crowd on straightaway. 00:35:18:00 B W 1957 MS Goldsmith's car rounds curve between dunes. 00:34:55:00 B W 1957 MS Curtis Turner's car skids trying to overtake Goldsmith's. 00:35:01:00 B W 1957 CU Turner tails Goldsmith around curve. 00:35:03:00 B W 1957 MS Banner: DAYTONA BEACH ROAD RACES, START, FINISH, BE SURE WITH PURE, Goldsmith races past followed by others, man waves checkered flag, crowd in BG. 00:35:11:00 B W 1957 CU Goldsmith's car surrounded by well-wishers. 00:35:17:00 B W 1957 MS Woman kisses Goldsmith. 00:35:26:00 B W 1957 WS Harbor in Havana, Cuba. 00:35:33:00 B W 1957 WS Cabin cruiser in Havana harbor. 00:35:36:00 B W 1957 CU Juan Manuel Frangio, world champion driver, signs autograph - he was recently kidnapped by Fidel Castro & his guerrillas 00:35:49:00 B W 1957 CU England's championship racer, Stirling Moss, top seeded driver at Cuba's Gran Premio race. 00:36:10:00 B W 1957 CU Phil Hill, US Racecar driver. 00:36:17:00 B W 1957 MS Carroll Shelby. 00:36:23:00 B W 1957 MS Frangio's racing Maserati. 00:36:31:00 B W 1957 MS PAN across racecars at starting line. 00:36:35:00 B W 1957 MS Crowd cheers start of Gran Premio. 00:36:38:00 B W 1957 MS Cars race across starting line & down the mark. 00:36:50:00 B W 1957 MS Spectators sit on hillside next to factory. 00:36:51:00 B W 1957 WS 2 cars round track, curve out of sight, Havana skyline beh. 00:36:57:00 B W 1957 WS Cars race by along picturesque Havana harbor. 00:37:03:00 B W 1957 AV Phil Hill leads Carroll Shelby as straightaway ends in 90 degree turn before department store. 00:37:10:00 B W 1957 MS French driver in 4th place whizzes past in Frangio's Maserati (Car No. 2). 00:37:23:00 B W 1957 WS Stirling Moss, Masden Gregory, Carroll Shelby come around curve & towards camera on straightaway. 00:37:30:00 B W 1957 MS Internationally renowned playboy Porfirio Rubirosa rounds curve in Ferrari. 00:37:34:00 B W 1957 WS Rubirosa's car rounds curve in 6th place. 00:37:38:00 B W 1957 MS Cars whiz past crowded grandstand. 00:37:45:00 B W 1957 WS Armando Garcia's Ferrari crashes into crowd. 00:37:52:00 B W 1957 CU Garcia's wrecked Ferrari. 00:37:56:00 B W 1957 MS Soldier helps seated man w bandaged head. 00:38:00:00 B W 1957 CU Montage: injured spectators are removed from accident site. 00:38:13:00 B W 1957 CU Demolished Ferrari is removed. 00:38:20:00 B W 1957 CU Stirling Moss, after being declared winner of cancelled Gran Premio, smokes cigarette. 00:38:39:00 B W 1957 WS Crowded grandstand at Langhorne Speedway. 00:38:42:00 B W 1957 WS Mechanics prepare stock cars for race. 00:38:48:00 B W 1957 MS 4 men lean under open hood of stock car. 00:38:54:00 B W 1957 CU Paul Goldsmith puts on helmet. 00:38:57:00 B W 1957 MS Assembled stockcar racers receive instructions. 00:39:06:00 B W 1957 MS People in grandstands await race start. 00:39:07:00 B W 1957 MS Cars pull onto track for pace lap. 00:39:16:00 B W 1957 CU Flagman prepares to begin race. 00:39:18:00 B W 1957 MS Flagman waves start flag & cars race past. 00:39:31:00 B W 1957 MS Raceway cars race past in blur. 00:39:33:00 B W 1957 MS Roberts in Car No. 22 overtakes entire pack, gains impressive lead rounding curve. 00:39:48:00 B W 1957 MS Roberts leads as pack comes out of curve. 00:39:55:00 B W 1957 MS Paul Goldsmith attempts to gain lead, PAN track as it follows his progress. 00:40:20:00 B W 1957 CU ZI Turner (Car No. 2), follows his push for lead around track. 00:40:28:00 B W 1957 MS Paul Goldsmith makes pit stop for engine trouble. 00:40:38:00 B W 1957 WS Following Joe Weatherly's 1957 Ford convertible No. 12 round a curve. 00:40:53:00 B W 1957 MS Car No. 97 rounds curve. 00:41:06:00 B W 1957 MS Jim Reed's 1957 Ford sedan in lead smoothly rounds track. 00:41:27:00 B W 1957 MS Stockcars round track curve. 00:41:35:00 B W 1957 WS Gwen Staley in lead drives 1957 Chevrolet convertible past stock car & round track alone. 00:41:53:00 B W 1957 AV Several cars come round one curve & pull into another. 00:41:56:00 B W 1957 MS Crowds in stand watch race attentively. 00:41:57:00 B W 1957 CU Flagman waves checkered flag as Gwen Staley wins race. 00:42:06:00 B W 1957 CU Gwen Staley receives trophy. 00:42:20:00 B W 1957 MS Late stock cars assembled on beach at Daytona. 00:42:31:00 B W 1957 CU "Cotton Owens" printed at stockcar head. 00:42:35:00 B W 1957 CU Cotton Owens talks w Lou Moore, dons helmet. 00:42:40:00 B W 1957 CU Checking tire air pressure. 00:42:45:00 B W 1957 CU Stockcar door closed & stopped shut. 00:42:50:00 B W 1957 MS Tim Flock waves from Chrysler "Full-Jewelled 300-A". 00:44:53:00 B W 1957 MS Pace car, a Chevrolet Corvette, before race. 00:43:06:00 B W 1957 CU Betty Skelton, aviatrix & racecar driver, smiles out window 00:43:07:00 B W 1957 MS Cars in position at starting line. 00:43:13:00 B W 1957 MS Bathing suit-clad beauty waves from rear of convertible. 00:43:21:00 B W 1957 MS Stockcars begin pace lap thru sign "DRIVE SAFELY". 00:43:27:00 B W 1957 MS Man on platform waves green flag, cars whiz in race start. 00:43:45:00 B W 1957 MS Cars jockey for position as they round sandy dune. 00:43:48:00 B W 1957 MS Cars round curve. 00:44:38:00 B W 1957 CU Man w fire extinguisher stands back from 2 flipped cars. 00:44:41:00 B W 1957 CU Tim Flock still leads rounding low dune amid other cars. 00:44:47:00 B W 1957 MS Standing spectators watching attentively. 00:44:48:00 B W 1957 MS Flagman waves checkered flat, Tim Flock races by. 00:44:56:00 B W 1957 MS Judge's stand: "99, 300A, 14, 12 Lap 1st, 2nd 3rd". 00:44:58:00 B W 1957 MS Flock stands by his car, shakes its owner's hand. 00:45:01:00 B W 1957 CU Victorious driver Tim Flock in white helmet. 00:45:09:00 B W 1957 MS Chitwood Thrill Show car rounds curve rocking wildly w man leaning half out of window. 00:45:16:00 B W 1957 CU Car door: Joie Chitwood Thrill Show. 00:45:18:00 B W 1957 MS Slappy the Clown stands between 2 low ramps as 2 cars pass 1 side over the ramp. 00:45:25:00 B W 1957 AV Car backs violently into 3 cars on race track. 00:45:37:00 B W 1957 MS Car speeds round curve, man falls from bumper on seat of pants, he jumps up from track, salutes audience. 00:45:50:00 B W 1957 MS Car backs down race track, spins, continues forward. 00:46:02:00 B W 1957 MS Car rounds track, Slappy the Clown stands on bumper, bent over trunk firing roman candle anchored to his buttocks. 00:46:10:00 B W 1957 CU Slappy the Clown dismounts from car, bows. 00:46:18:00 B W 1957 MS Man lies face down, forward, on hood of speeding car. 00:46:21:00 B W 1957 MS Car w man on hood crashes thru burning barricade. 00:46:27:00 B W 1957 CU Stuntman's unsinged head. 00:46:28:00 B W 1957 MS Stuntman dismounts from hood of car. 00:46:34:00 B W 1957 MS Stunt car jumps from ramp to ramp. 00:46:48:00 B W 1957 MS Slappy the Clown does fake levitation trick w sheet & poles w shoes on the end. 00:47:03:00 B W 1957 MS Car goes up ramp, crash-lands on other cars, man climbs out unharmed. 00:47:18:00 B W 1957 WS Cars race toward CAM on cement straightaway. 00:47:23:00 B W 1957 MS Spectators pressed against fence. 00:47:25:00 B W 1957 MS Man removes mortar "P7-333" from race track. 00:47:26:00 B W 1957 CU Scoreboard: "OVERALL, 1st 30, 2nd 19, 3rd 11, 4th 15, HANDICAP 1st 41, 2nd 42, 3rd 59". 00:47:27:00 B W 1957 MS Flags waving in wind, men on platforms. 00:47:28:00 B W 1957 MS Drivers & spectators mill on mudway. 00:47:35:00 B W 1957 CU Hood of black Corvette "1". 00:47:36:00 B W 1957 MS Pavilion at International Grand Prix, Sebring, Florida. 00:47:38:00 B W 1957 MS Crowd of men w striped caps. 00:47:39:00 B W 1957 MS Man speaks into microphone. 00:47:42:00 B W 1957 MS Flagman drops flag, drivers run to jump in their cars. 00:47:46:00 B W 1957 MS Cars roar off in race start. 00:48:00:00 B W 1957 MS Crowd pressed against fence moving heads in unison. 00:48:01:00 B W 1957 CU Montage: cars race past. 00:48:02:00 B W 1957 WS Looking from pavilion down on track. 00:48:05:00 B W 1957 MS 2 cars race by going neck & neck. 00:48:08:00 B W 1957 MS Crowded shaded platform. 00:48:09:00 B W 1957 MS Cars race past. 00:48:12:00 B W 1957 MS Mechanic holds up sign to drivers. 00:48:13:00 B W 1957 CU Car No. 2 makes a pitstop[. 00:48:18:00 B W 1957 CU Montage: car serviced in pit, pulls back into race. 00:48:33:00 B W 1957 MS Montage: Grand Prix at night, headlights whiz by. 00:48:36:00 B W 1957 MS Flagman illuminated by headlights waves checkered flag. 00:48:37:00 B W 1957 CU Juan Fangio of Argentina pulls winning Maserati onto ramp. 00:48:42:00 B W 1957 CU Juan Fangio smiling. 00:48:49:00 B W 1957 CU Sign: "FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL XII HR. GRAND PRIX ENDURANCE". 00:48:51:00 B W 1957 WS Mechanics ready cars for Grand Prix. 00:48:55:00 B W 1957 MS Montage: drivers, cars at starting line. 00:49:06:00 B W 1957 WS Drivers run from white line, jump into cars & pull onto track & into race. 00:49:20:00 B W 1957 WS Cars race away down wide cement race track. 00:49:22:00 B W 1957 WS 2 cars pull under "START FINISH" sign, past CAM. 00:49:27:00 B W 1957 MS Spectators stand on ground, sit up on platform. 00:49:28:00 B W 1957 MS Cars pass between cones, pull onto blacktop road. 00:49:33:00 B W 1957 MS Cars race down blacktop road lined w traffic cones. 00:49:40:00 B W 1957 CU Man watches thru binoculars. 00:47:46:00 B W 1957 MS Cars race around curve bumper to bumper. 00:49:46:00 B W 1957 WS Cars race past CAM, down long straightaway. 00:49:49:00 B W 1957 CU Racecar drivers wear leis & wave holding trophy. 00:49:58:00 B W 1957 AV Racecars speed past Indianapolis Speedway grandstand. 00:50:03:00 B W 1957 MS Montage: racecars speeding around track. 00:50:15:00 B W 1957 MS Flagman waves checkered flag. 00:50:17:00 B W 1957 MS Pit crew jumps up & down cheering. 00:50:19:00 B W 1957 MS Mark Donahue in car pushed onto winner's ramp. 00:50:25:00 B W 1957 CU Flagman waves green flag. 00:50:27:00 B W 1957 WS Speeding cars round curve before grandstand. 00:50:33:00 B W 1957 CU Car spins 3 times, rights itself. 00:50:40:00 B W 1957 MS A.J. Foyt races by. 00:50:41:00 B W 1957 MS Montage: cars race. 00:50:47:00 B W 1957 CU Flagsman waves checkered flag, dirigible in distance. 00:50:49:00 B W 1957 CU A.J. Foyt's car pushed to stop, surrounded by well-wishers. 00:50:53:00 B W 1957 CU The happy A.J. Foyt. 00:50:57:00 B W 1957 MS Cars round curve of Monaco Grand Prix. 00:51:02:00 B W 1957 MS Lorenzo Bandini rounds curve. 00:51:06:00 B W 1957 WS Black smoke rises from wreckage of Bandini's car. 00:51:10:00 B W 1957 WS Rescuers try, fail to rescue Bandini from burning car. 00:51:13:00 B W 1957 CU Fireman points spray from hose at Bandini accident site. 00:51:13:00 B W 1957 WS Drivers in LeMans Grand Prix run to cars, drive away past packed grandstands. 00:51:26:00 B W 1957 MS Ferraris round first curve of LeMans Grand Prix, car spins around while another plows up dirt bank. 00:51:35:00 B W 1957 WS Sunset. 00:51:36:00 B W 1957 CU Montage: Grand Prix cars whizzing by. 00:51:45:00 B W 1957 AV A.J. Foyt & Dan Gurney pull into track, winning race. 00:51:50:00 B W 1957 CU A.J. Foyt & Dan Gurney wave to crowd. 00:51:51:00 B W 1957 WS Montage: race in German Grand Prix. 00:52:01:00 B W 1957 MS Man waves checkered flag. 00:52:04:00 B W 1957 CU New Zealand winner of Mexican Gran Premio. 00:52:05:00 B W 1957 WS Montage: race car accidents. 00:52:37:00 B W 1957 CU Ralph diPalma. 00:52:42:00 B W 1957 CU Peter dePaolo. 00:52:55:00 B W 1957 WS Racecars line up at sidelines for 44th Indianapolis 500 race. 00:53:01:00 B W 1957 CU Mechanic works at wheelbase. 00:53:06:00 B W 1957 WS Racecars drive thru pace lap. 00:53:09:00 B W 1957 WS Crowd stands up. 00:53:12:00 B W 1957 MS Racecars round curve. 00:53:20:00 B W 1957 WS View from stands, cars round curve. 00:53:27:00 B W 1957 CU Driver POV of speedway, rounding curve, heading straight. 00:53:36:00 B W 1957 CU Man drives racecar, camera mounted on hood. 00:53:40:00 B W 1957 CU Mechanic in pit watches car whiz by, round curve. 00:53:41:00 B W 1957 CU Race car wheel on track. 00:53:46:00 B W 1957 CU Driver POV going into curve. 00:54:00:00 B W 1957 AV Race cars whiz past grandstand. 00:54:04:00 B W 1957 CU Man waves checkered flag. 00:55:46:00 B W 1957 CU Soapbox derby winner receives plaque. 00:55:54:00 B W 1957 MS Camera follows race cars around entire track. 00:56:20:00 B W 1957 MS Flagman waves flag. 00:56:30:00 B W 1957 MS Cars race around track. 00:57:20:00 B W 1957 MS Cars race around track at night. 00:57:27:00 B W 1957 MS Wrecker helps car in track center, mechanics run to help. 00:59:01:00 B W 1957 MS Crowded grandstands, people mill around in front. 00:59:06:00 B W 1957 MS PAN across row of parked cars. 00:59:12:00 B W 1957 MS Flagsman starts race, jumps aside as pack of cars whiz by on around curve. 00:59:23:00 B W 1957 MS Montage: race cars on rural track. 00:59:38:00 B W 1957 WS Single car comes down track & around banked curve. 00:59:40:00 B W 1957 MS Cars on banked curves. 00:59:55:00 B W 1957 MS Car passes grandstand. 00:59:58:00 B W 1957 MS 3 men attent car parked next to Firestone truck. 01:00:04:00 B W 1957 CU Mechanics work on tire. 01:00:09:00 B W 1957 MS Montage: speed trials for individual cars. 01:00:35:00 B W 1957 MS Man climbs thru driver's window into car. 01:00:39:00 B W 1957 MS Car No. 55 races around track passing other cars. 01:00:53:00 B W 1957 MS Man w checkered flag greets driver of Car No. 55. 01:00:54:00 B W 1957 CU Driver w trophy before car & beside race officials.
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