1963INDUSTRY/MANUFACTURING
SOAP BOX DERBY
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CU BOY USING SANDER. TOW HEAD.
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ANOTHER BOY LOOKING DOWN AT SOMETHING. GREAT LOOK OF CONCENTRATIO ON HIS FACE.
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SPLIT SCREEN WITH PHOTOS OF TWO BOYS.
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CU BOYS FEET WALKING. BOY WITH CREW CUT PULLS DOWN GARAGE DOOR. GETS ON BIKE. RIDING AWAY.
MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA. SMALL TOWN. |
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BOY RIDES TOWARD CAMERA. CAMERA MOVES WITH BOY.
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12 YEAR OLD BOY RIDES BIKE DOWN SIDEWALK. NOT PEDDLING. COASTING DOWN HILL.
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BOY IN FRONT OF POST OFFICE. CU SIGN FOR MINOT.
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CALLS HIS FRIEND OVER.
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BOY RIDES OVER TO GROUP OF BOYS IN FRONT OF CHEVY DEALER. SOAP BOX DERBY DISPLAY. BOYS OGLING CAR.
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BOY ON BIKE GOES OVER TO READ POSTER. CU SIGN.
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CU DERBY RACER.
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BOY LOOKING UP AT LITERATURE ON RACE. BOY RIPS OFF ENTRY FORM. FOLDS IN HALF, STICKS IN BACK POCKET.
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CU ORDEAN JR. HIGH SCHOOL. KIDS PILE OUT OF FRONT DOOR.
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CU FRONT DOOR. YOUNG HAROLD WILLIS CONRAD OPENS DOOR & WALKS OUT. "BO". 7TH GRADER. BIPS DOWN STAIRS.
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CU CHILDREN'S HANDS HOLDING RAILING. COMING DOWN STAIRS. OUTSIDE.
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BO TURNS AROUND. HIS FRIEND CATCHES UP TO HIM.
THEY TALK. FREIND WANTS TO HANG OUT, BO SAYS NO. |
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GOOD SHOT OF KIDS LEAVING SCHOOL.
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BOY WALKING HOME AFTER SCHOOL. BOOKS IN HAND.
LOOKING AROUND AS HE WALKS. CURIOUS 12 YEAR OLD. CROSSES OVER A BRIDGE. |
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GOES PAST A RIVER WHERE HE FISHES. LOOKS LONGINGLY
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WALKS OVER, THROWS ROCK IN WATER.
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BO WALKS HOME. SCRATCHES HIS EAR.
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BOY RUNNING TOWARD BACK OF HOUSE.
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TWO WOMEN AT KITCHEN TABLE. HAVING TEA. BOY COMES IN. GRABS A COOKIE OFF TABLE. GOES OUT.
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INTERIOR OF BASEMENT. WORKSHOP. LIGHT GOES ON.
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BOY COMES DOWN. GRABS A PIECE OF WOOD, LAYS IT DOWN. DOG HANGS OUT. PULLS DOWN SAW.
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CU SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS INCENTIVE. BOY NEEDS MONEY FOR SCHOOL. FATHER DEAD.
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BOY WITH LEG UP ON WOOD, SAWING.
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"BO" SITS DOWN, CONTEMPLATING WORDS OF WISDOM FATHER PASSED DOWN TO HIM. GOOD SHOT OF A BOY IN A PENSIVE MOMENT. THINKING ABOUT FATHER.
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BOY GOES BACK TO SAWING.
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CU PICTURE OF BO IN FRONT OF A PREVIOUS RACER.
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CU BO WITH DAD IN PICTURE HUNG UP ON WALL IN BASEMENT.
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BO SAWING. STOPS, CALLS MOM.
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MOM AT STOVE, PUTS ON THE KETTLE. TURNS TOWARD HIS VOICE. EARLY 1960s TYPE MOM. OLDER MOM LOOKS ALMOST LIKE GRANDMOM.
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MOM COMES DOWN WITH GOGGLES. MAKES BO PUT THEM ON SHE WATCHES PROUDLY AS BO WORKS ON HIS SOAP BOX DERBY CAR. HOLD DOWN WOOD FOR HIM AS HE SAWS.
GREAT SHOT OF PROUD MOM. |
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BIKES PARKED IN FRONT OF CHEVY DEALER. MAN OPENS DOOR FOR BOY WHO IS CARRYING SOAP BOX DERBY KIT.
OVER SHOLDER. |
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BOY AT HOME IN BASEMENT OPENING KIT. BOY LOOKS THROUGH BOOKLET. INSTRUCTIONS.
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DALTON GOES OVER TO PLANS. SITS DOWN TO DRAW PLANS. USES PREVIOUS WINNERS AS GUIDE. GOOD SHOT OF BOY CONCENTRATING. CHEWING GUM.
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| 02:22:12 409 |
CU DRAWING OF HOW TO MAKE SOAP BOX DERBY.
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BOYS SIT IN A DERBY CLINIC. TEACHER AT SCREEN WITH CLIPBOARD.
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PAN OF KIDS WATCHING. LOOK OF EXCITEMENT & INTENT ON KIDS FACES.
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BOY SAWING. YOUNG BOY LEANS ON PIECE OF WOOD, SAWING. BOY WITH CREW CUT & NO SHIRT SAWS.
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MOTHER AT WASHING MACHINE, SHAKES HEAD AS DUST FLIES OFF BOYS PANTS. SAW DUST. SOUND OF SAWING IN BACKGROUND.
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MONTAGE OF TWO BOYS IN PROCESS OF MAKING SOAP BOX DERBY CARS.
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CU BOY HAMMERING NAILS INTO WOOD. TAKES NAIL OUT OF MOUTH.
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CU BOY SCREWING INTO WOOD. TURNING SCREWDRIVER.
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BOY MOVES FRAME OF CAR. BODY SHELL. PLYWOOD.
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MONTAGE OF BOYS AT WORK ON CARS.
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CU SCALE ON FLOOR. BOY PICKS UP SCALE, SQUATS ON IT, LIFTS UP CAR, WEIGHS IT & HIM. SCALE READS 210 LBS. FUNNY SHOT OF BOY WITH BOAT LIKE OBJECT ON HIS BACK! PUTS DOWN, GETS UP & WIPES KNEES OFF.
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BOY PICKS UP SANDWICH, GOES TO TAKE A BITE, BUT DECIDES HE'S TOO BUSY. PUTS BACK DOWN. GOES BACK TO WORK.
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CU FORGOTTEN SANDWICH.
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CU BOY'S HAND SANDING WOOD SMOOTH. CU BOY'S FACE STARING INTO SPACE.
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OTHER BOY SANDING DOWN HIS CAR.
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MONTAGE OF BOYS PAINTING CARS. PAINT ON ONE BOYS FACE.
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CU BOY LOOKS AWAY AS IF AT CLOCK.
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CU BOY SPRAY PAINTING.
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CU BOY PAINTING NAME ON SIDE OF CAR.
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DERBY DAY. 1963. CROWDS OF PEOPLE LINE BOTH SIDES OF STREET. CARS PASS IN MIDDLE.
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PARADE. LINE OF MEN WITH FLAGS PASS.
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CROWD SHOT.
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YOUNG MAJORETTES MARCH. WITH BATONS.
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TWO MEN CARRY DERBY DAY SIGN IN PARADE.
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PEOPLE IN CONVERTIBLE WAVE AT CROWD.
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CU STARTING POINT. LEVER GOES DOWN. CAR DRIVES OVER IT.
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BOX CARS TAKE OFF IN RACE. LITTLE BOYS WITH HELMETS.
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CU CROWD WATCHING. CLAPPING, CHEERING.
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MORE CARS START. COPS STAND & WATCH.
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MORE OF CROWD WATCHING FROM FENCE. MAN HAS KID ON SHOULDERS.
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MORE CARS AT STARTING LINE. THREE AT A TIME.
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SHOT OF RACE TRACK. THREE CARS COME DOWN TRACK.
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CU NEWSPAPER HEADLINE ANNOUNCING WINNER OF SOAP BOX DERBY. DALTON DEARDURFF (OUR BOY) WINS.
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OUR BOY BO CONRAD WINS ALSO. TWO SHOTS ARE SUPERIMPOSED OVER RACE ACTION.
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SUPERIMPOSED IMAGES OF RACE & WINNERS. MOMS ARE HUGGING SONS. ALL ARE EXCITED.
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ADULT NEWSCASTER INTERVIEWS BOY.
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ALL AMERICAN SOAP BOX DERBY IN AKRON, OHIO.
PARADE. POLICE LEAD. BALLOONS. MARCHERS. |
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AERIAL OF HUGE CROWD.
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POM POM GIRLS TWIRL.
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GOOD SHOT OF EARLY 1960s PARADE.
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CU BAND. HORN SECTION.
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POLICE LEADING CARS.
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AERIAL SHOT OF MASSIVE CROWDS. CARS PARKED IN MIDDLE.
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BATON GIRLS WITH ARMS AROUND DERBY WINNERS. UP ON STAGE.
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CU BAND. HORN PLAYERS.
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ALMOST KINKY SHOT OF BATON GIRLS HOLDING BOY UP.
HE HAS SUNGLASSES ON. LAUGHING. |
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BAND PLAYING. SEATED.
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ANOTHER WINNER GETS THE TREATMENT OF BATON GIRLS.
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DARBY BOYS EATING AT TABLES. COOL RED BERET LIKE HATS. SOME HAVE BADGES / PATCHES ON THEM.
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CAMP DERBY. AT LAKE. PEOPLE SWIMMING, PLAYING.
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OUR BOY BO AT BAT. PLAYING BASEBALL. THROWS BALL.
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OUR BOY DALTON ON DIVING BOARD. DIVES INTO LAKE.
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BO AS ARCHER. HITS TARGET.
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ON HORSEBACK.
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STARS SIGN AUTOGRAPHS. JOHN RUSSELL, PAUL ANKA, ROCK HUDSON, PAUL LYNDE.
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LOOKING DOWN AT BOATS IN THE LAKE.
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PRE RACE DAY AT TOP SIDE. TRUCK TOWS CAR IN.
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BOYS IN FRONT OF ALL AMERICAN SOAP BOX OFFICIAL SERVICE PIT.
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OUR BOY BO TIGHTENS WHEELS.
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BOYS AT WORK ON DERBY CARS. LAST MINUTE REPAIRS.
WAXING & POLISHING. |
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BOY PULLS UP TO BE WEIGHED IN. CU SCALE.
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PEOPLE MILLING ABOUT. BIG POSTERS OF WINNERS SINCE INCEPTION OF RACE. (1934).
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BOY WALKS PAST POSTERS. CU BOY WINNERS. NARRATOR TALKS OF THE SUCCESS STORIES OF PAST WINNERS.
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MEN CARRY DERBY CAR. LOTS OF OTHER CARS SITTING.
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CU BOY'S FACE. LOOK OF CONCERN OVER THE COMPETITION.
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PAN OF SOAP BOX DERBY CARS ALL LINED UP.
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BO LOOKS UNSURE OF OUTCOME. EVERY CAR LOOKS BETTER TO HIM THAN HIS OWN.
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MONTAGE OF BOYS ON TRIAL RUN.
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BOYS AROUND CAMPFIRE. HUGE GATHERING OF KIDS.
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EACH BOY RECEIVES A GIFT; A WATCH. REMINDER OF TIME SPENT AT DERBY TOWN. BO SHAKES HANDS WITH MAN.
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GREAT SHOT OF BOYS IN BUNK BEDS, READY FOR BED.
LIGHTS GO OUT, |
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CU BOY IN BED. SWEAT ON BROW. LOOKS LIKE HE'S WORRIED ABOUT TOMMORROWS RACE. BUGLE PLAYS TAPS.
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CU BOY'S PALM WITH DAD'S MEDALLION IN IT. BOY LAYS SLEEPING, CLUTCHING REMINDER OF DAD.
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THE BIG DAY. DERBY DAY 1963. HUGE. MASSIVE CROWD. BIG PARADE.
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GREAT SHOT OF BAND MARCHING DOWN A STEEP, STEEP HILL.
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AUDIENCE IN STANDS. SPECTATORS. AS PARADE MARCHES PAST.
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3500 MARCHERS IN PARADE. CHUBBY KNEED GIRLS IN BAND MARCH PAST.
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CU FATHER WITH MOVIE CAMERA. ON KNEES TAKING PICTURES.
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LITTLE MAJORETTE FOLLOWS BIG MAJORETTE.
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SCAN OF CROWD IN BLEACHERS. PAN UP TO MEDIA OBSERVATION BOOTH.
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AERIAL OF PARADE AS IT MARCHES PAST. FROM THE MEDIA BOOTH.
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CU MARCHERS. MEN CLAP AS THEY WALK PAST.
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BOYS PICK NUMBERS FORM A HAT. ARTHUR GODFREY, PAUL ANKA, & JOHN RUSSELL HELP START THE OIL CAN DERBY.
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OIL CAN DERBY START. ABOVE STARS DRIVE FUNNY CARS IN THE SHAPE OF ANIMALS. CROSS FINISH LINE.
MAN WITH CHECKERED FLAG WAVES THEM IN. |
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BEGINNING OF REAL RACE. AMERICAN FLAGS HANG.
RACERS GO THREE AT A TIME. 975 FEET TO RACE. |
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GOOD SHOT OF 1960s PARENTS & FRIENDS WATCHING BOYS RACE. GOOD FASHIONS LIKE SUNGLASSES REVEAL TIME PERIOD.
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MEN LINING UP NEXT CARS TO RACE. BRINGING TO RACE LINE.
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THREE MORE TAKE OFF.
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MAN WAVES FLAG TO RACERS.
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OUR HOME BOYS TALK TO EACH OTHER. WISHING EACH OTHER BEST OF LUCK. FINE EXAMPLE OF GOOD SPORTSMENSHIP!
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MEN INSIDE VIEWING BOOTH. MIGHT BE JUDGES.
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CROWD SHOT. SOME HOLDING UMBRELLAS. RAINCOATS.
PROTECTION FROM THE RAIN. |
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OUR BOY WAITING OUT RAIN SO HE CAN RACE.
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OUR BOY DALTON LEAVES THE STARTING LINE. WET RACE TRACK.
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CU BOY RACING. HEAD DOWN.
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TWO BOYS RACE NECK TO NECK.
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DALTON LOSES. OTHER BOY BEATS HIM TO THE FINISH LINE.
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CU PARENTS OF WINNING BOY IN STAND.
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CROWD UNDER UMBRELLAS.
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ROCK HUDSON SIGNS AUTOGRAPHS FOR BOYS.
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CROWD IN BLEACHERS SHOT.
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MEN WATCH FROM ABOVE. SOME KIND OF SPINNING DIAL IS SEEN.
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MORE KIDS TAKE OFF FROM STARTING LINE. RACE DOWN TRACK. OUR BOY BO CONRAD WINS!
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THREE WINNERS RACE EACH OTHER. BO BEATS OUT THE BEST TO BE THE WINNER!!
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AUDIENCE SHOTS. CLAPPING, CHEERING.
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TOP THREE CARS ARE BROUGHT BACK TO TOP OF HILL FOR FINAL HEAT. OUT OF 239 CARS.
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SHOT OF THREE BOYS ON FLOAT AS THEY GO TO TOP OF HILL.
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MEN TAKE CARS OFF BACK OF TRUCK. SHOW THREE BOYS.
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KIDS WITH ROCK HUDSON.
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FINAL RACE BEGINS. FLAG IS LOWERED. THEY'RE OFF!
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BO WINS IN WHAT LOOKS LIKE A NECK TO NECK RACE.
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SHOT OF BO'S MOM & PROBABLY SISTER IN BLEACHERS.
JUMPING, CLAPPING. GENERAL EXCITEMENT. |
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BO WAVES FROM CAR. IN VICTORY.
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BO IS PRESENTED WINNERS TROPHY FROM MR. MEWTON, V.P. GENERAL MOTERS & GENERAL MANAGER OF CHEVROLET MOM GIVES BO FLOWERS & A KISS.
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SHADOWS OF PEOPLE PASS BEHIND A CURTAIN.
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BOYS IN FORMATION AT WINNING TABLE.
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HUGE CROWD OF RACERS STANDING.
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DERBY WORKERS AT TABLES. CLAPPING.
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CAMERA PANS ROWS & ROWS OF BOYS ALL DRESSED THE SAME. (IN RACING OUTFITS)
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EVERY ONE LISTENS TO TAPED MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT. AUDIENCE LISTENS.
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HUGE SIGN THAT READS THEY WILL WALK ON THEIR OWN FEET, WORK WITH THEIR OWN HANDS, AND SPEAK WITH THEIR OWN MINDS. CREDO OF SOAP BOX DERBY.
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BIG SIGN OPENS UP, & BO CONRAD WALKS THROUGH.
BIG SIGN ON OTHER SIDE READS HAROLD CONRAD 1963 SOAP BOX DERBY WORLD CHAMP. BO WALKS OVER TO MAN & SHAKES HANDS. |
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BO'S FAMILY'S TABLE. CU PROUD PARENTS.
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BO IS PRESENTED ALL KINDS OF GIFTS. TROPHY.
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BACK IN DULUTH, BO GETS A HEROS WELCOME.
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BO IS INTERVIEWED BY LOCAL NEWSMAN. BO'S EDUCATION IS ASSURED FROM THE WINNING MONEY.
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DALTON'S FAMILY ARRIVES HOME. HE PULLS UP GARAGE DOOR & A BANNER SAYING WELCOME HOME CHAMP FALLS DOWN. KIDS HIDDEN COME OUT.
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DALTON RIDES HIS BIKE IN TOWN.
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