- Title: F-4044
- Summary: HOT ROD SPEEDSTERS: NARRATED BY TED HUSING.
- Description:00:37:44 - TOY MODEL CAR RACING. ONE CYLINDER MOTOR. CU MINIATURE MODELS. 00:38:07 - MEN SET UP ON RACING TRACK, FRESNO, CALIFORNIA 00:38:22 - CU REVOLVING WHEELS. STARTING MINIATURE MOTOR. 00:38:44 - MEN LINE UP THEIR CARS ON SIDEWAYS TRACK. 00:38:52 - SLOT CAR RACING. CARS SPEED AROUND TRACK. 00:39:13 - MS MAN IN COVERALLS TURNING IN A CIRCLE WITH HIS FINGERS IN HIS EARS. 00:39:19 - MS SPECTATORS HEADS TURN WATCHING RACE. 00:39:34 - ECU STOP WATCH 1/100TH OF A SECOND. 00:39:40 - MS TRIO OF TIMERS STOP WATCHES AS RACE ENDS 00:39:46 - WOMAN WHO LOST RUNS FINGERS THROUGH HER HAIR 00:39:50 - CARS STOPPED BY HOLDING A RAG THAT HITS A ROD WHICH TURNS IGNITION SWITCH OFF 00:39:56 - MAN WINS TROPHY. 00:40:05 - MIDGET RACE. RACE CARS ON TRACK. RACING. 00:40:38 - HIGH ANGLE OF RACE TRACK. MIDGET ROARS. 00:40:45 - MAN PUTS ON GOGGLES AND FACE MASK. DIRT TRACK. 00:40:49 - CARS ARE PUSHED BY TRUCK TO START. 00:40:58 - MIDGET CARS PASS JUDGES STAND 00:41:03 - FLAGGER WAVES WITH FLAG TO START RACE. 00:41:08 - MIDGET CAR RACE. DIRT TRACK. KICKING UP DUST. 00:41:50 - CHECKERED FLAG. 00:41:57 - CU TROPHY. WINNER DEEPLY KISSES BLONDE. RACE TRACK QUEEN. 00:42:13 - SITTING AROUND CAMPFIRE AT NIGHT IN MOJAVE DESERT. HOT ROD SPEEDSTERS. 00:42:20 - DRY LAKE, MOJAVE DESERT. HOT RODDERS READY FOR RACE. AMATEUR SPEED DRIVERS. MEN EATING AND DRINKING FROM PAPER CUPS. 00:42:41 - PAN DESERT WITH HOT ROD RACING CARS, CROWDS 00:42:52 - JUDGES STAND 00:43:06 - SOUPED-UP HOT RODS. SPEEDING ACROSS THE PLAINS. DRY DESERT LAKE AT SUPER HIGH SPEEDS. CARS START AT INTERVALS. 00:44:10 - MANNING AN ELECTRIC EYE BEAM TO RECORD THE RACERS TIME. CU OPERATOR. TECHNICIANS 00:45:11 - SOUPED UP HOT ROD ENTERS PIT 00:45:19 - HOT ROD TOWED HAULED INTO ACTION. MECHANICS 00:45:37 - POV OF DRIVER OF ROAD RACING BY. 00:45:50 - PIT CREW SURROUNDS "GOOP WAGON" HOT ROD AS IT PULLS INTO PIT. STREAMLINE. 00:46:06 - WOMAN KISSES DRIVER. 00:46:11 - PHOTOGRAPHER TAKES PICTURE WITH A CAMERA WITH BIG, OLD FASHIONED FLASH BULB. CIRCA 1948. WOMAN WIPES GREASE FROM HER CHEEK, KISSES DRIVER AGAIN 00:46:22 - FILM ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1948
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: F-4044