03:09:58 29 |
CU POSTER ANNOUNCING "FREE FOR ALL 250 MILE ROAD
RACE $25,000 PURSE" |
03:10:02 33 |
MAN DRIVING CONVERTIBLE IN SLEEPING CAP, PAJAMAS
LOOKING BEHIND HIM AS IF BEING CHASED. CAMERA PULLS BACK SHOWING HIM "DRIVING" A BED. CAR STOPS IN A FIELD, HE GETS OUT OF BED, CRANKS STARTS CAR, PUFF OF SMOKE, DRIVES OFF |
03:10:33 64 |
BED STOPS SHORT ON EDGE OF CLIFF. CLOSE CALL,
ALMOST WENT OVER THE CLIFF |
03:10:38 69 |
MAN IN BED PRETENDS TO BE DRIVING, HOLDING A
STEERING WHEEL, BED IS MOVING BACK & FORTH CAMERA MOVES BACK SHOWING THE BEAD IN A GARAGE BED JERKS, MAN IN PAJAMAS FALLS OUT OF THE BED ONTO GARAGE FLOOR. CU MAN HOLDING STEERING WHEEL. |
03:10:49 80 |
GARAGE OWNER YELLS AT MAN IN PAJAMAS, HE STAND UP
& TAKES OFF PAJAMAS |
03:11:05 96 |
CAR PULLS INTO GARAGE CREATING DUST CLOUD FILTHY
CARD |
03:11:18 109 |
COUPLE APPEAR TO BE ON TANDEM BICYCLE, CAMERA
PULLS BACK, MAN PUSHING TWO WHEELED CART |
03:11:26 117 |
DAPPER GENTLEMAN RIDING IN CAR WITH GADGET
SIDE-CAR PULLS SIDE CAR OUT & LANDS A WOMAN WALKING DOWN THE STREET RIGHT INTO THE SEAT STEALING HER AWAY FROM HER DATE, LEAVING HIM PERPLEXED, FRUSTRATED, ANGRY |
03:11:48 139 |
ANGRY STIFF WOMAN BACKS OFF WHEN DRIVER TRIES TO
PUT HIS ARM AROUND HER. THEY ENTER A TUNNEL, WHEN CAR EMERGES FROM TUNNEL, MAN IS BEAT UP & SHE'S DRIVING. SWEET REVENGE |
03:12:02 153 |
SHE PULLS INTO GARAGE, CAR SPINS AROUND, BEATEN
DRIVER FLIES OUT OF THE CAR, INTO GARAGE, HITS LADDER WORKER IS ON PUTTING TIRES ON A PILE, HE FALLS. COLLISION. CU EXCITED HAPPY WOMAN DRIVER GOT HER REVENGE |
03:12:09 160 |
MECHANIC GARAGE MISHAPS, BATTLE OF TWO GARAGES
ACROSS THE STREET FROM EACH OTHER BLACK CAT GARAGE & RED DOG GARAGE. TUG-OF-WAR WITH A CAR |
03:13:58 269 |
CU POSTER "FREE FOR ALL 250 MILE ROAD RACE
$25,000 PURSE" |
03:14:04 275 |
CARS LINED UP AT START OF ROAD RACE, HUNDREDS
OF PEOPLE CHEERING ON THEIR FAVORITE DRIVERS |
03:14:16 287 |
STARTER SHOOTS GUN, STARTS RACE. CARS TAKE OFF
|
03:14:35 306 |
CAR BACKS INTO JUDGES STAND, CAR TAKES OFF
WITH STAND & THE JUDGES ON IT IN TOW |
03:14:45 316 |
CU 1920s SPECTATORS CHEERING
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03:14:48 319 |
WILD CAR ROAD RACE SCENES. CAR TOWING JUDGES
STAND GOES UNDER RAILROAD TRESTLE, JUDGES JUMP ONTO RAILROAD TRACKS, TRAIN COMES, THEY HANG ON TO EDGE OF BRIDGE FOR DEAR LIFE |
03:15:24 355 |
WILD ROAD RACE, 1924. CAR GOES OFF ROAD, ONTO
GRASS, DOWN HILL, BACK ONTO ROAD. CAR LOSES A TIRE, PASSENGER JUMPS OUT OF RACING CAR, JUMPS ONTO BICYCLE, RACES TO RETRIEVE TIRE. TIRE ROLLS INTO RICKETY OLD BARN, BICYCLE CRASHES INTO BARN TIRE LANDS AROUND HIS HEAD. CU TIRE WITH TWO HORSE SHOES ON IT. CU HORSE LOOKING OUT OF BARN |
03:16:49 440 |
WILD 1920s ROAD RACE. PASSENGER FLAGS DOWN
RACING CAR, PUTS TIRE BACK ON, JUMPS IN. CARS SPINNING OUT, DUST FLYING |
03:17:33 484 |
CONNIVING GROUP OF MEN JUMP OUT OF THE WAY OF
ONCOMING CAR, THEN PUT LOG ACROSS ROAD TO STOP REST OF THE RACE CARS. CAR RACES THROUGH, WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARS, THE CONNIVERS ARE HOLDING PILES OF CUT LOGS! |
03:17:50 501 |
ROAD RACE CONTINUES. EVERY CAR THAT PASSES OVER
BUMP IN ROAD LOSES THEIR PASSENGER. MEN FALLING OUT OF CAR. |
03:18:02 513 |
MS ROAD WORKER IN HOLE UNDER ROAD RACE MOVES
RHYTHMICALLY UP & DOWN WITH CARS PASSING OVER |
03:18:11 522 |
TWO CONNIVERS JUMP OUT OF RACE CAR, MOVE DETOUR
DANGER BLASTING SIGNS TO DETER RACE CARS. TWO WORKMEN JUMP UP TRY TO STOP RACE CAR, RACE CAR KEEPS GOING, KNOCKS DOWN WORKMEN, DRIVES RIGHT INTO AN EXPLOSION, DRIVES OUT OF IT LOSING CAR PARTS ALL OVER THE ROAD |
03:19:11 582 |
1920s WILD ROAD RACE. RACE CARS ALL DRIVE DOWN
RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION SITE & END UP IN BIG PILE UP |
03:19:44 615 |
CU STICK OF DYNAMITE IN INJURED PASSENGER'S HAND
TWO BEAT UP MEN IN ROAD RACE INSERT DYNAMITE INTO GAS WHICH SPEEDS UP THE CAR, CAR HITS A BUMP, FLIES OVER RACE FINISH LINE, CAR COLLAPSES. THEY WIN THE RACE |
03:20:11 642 |
SPECTATORS RUN TO WINNERS, PUT THEM ON THEIR
SHOULDERS, CHEERING. STARTER INFORMS THEM THAT HE FIRED THE GUN BY MISTAKE & THEY'LL HAVE TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN! |
03:20:32 663 |
TAPE ENDS
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Description: BILLY BEVAN, SID SMITH, JACK LLOYD, BARBARA PIERCE, JOHN J RICHARDSON, ANDY CLYDE. ONE OF THE WILDEST RACING FILMS EVER, IN WHICH THE AUTOS ALL END UP IN A MOUNTAINOUS PILE OF JUNK. MODEL T'S AND OTHER OLD CARS.
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