- Title: VM-346
- Summary: THUNDER BEACH: DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA 1956. NASCAR. FORD OLD 999
- Description:00:13:08 - DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA 1956. SEA GULLS AT THE BEACH 00:13:16 - CU SIGN "THE FAMOUS MEASURED MILE, NASCAR 1955 RECORDS". CU MANES OF FAMOUS RACE CAR DRIVERS. ALEXANDER WINSTON. W. K. VANDERBILD. BARNEY OLDFIELD. RALPH DE PALMA. TOMMY MILTON WITH SPEEDS THEY REACHED 00:13:20 - NASCAR FLAGGER WITH WEATHERED FACE TALKS TO CHILDREN DRIVERS SEATED IN THEIR MINIATURE RACING CARS. 00:13:26 - 1950s SPECTATORS OLD LADIES SENIOR CITIZENS AT THE BEACH 00:13:28 - GIRLS AND BOYS DRIVE MINIATURE RACE CARS AT DAYTONA BEACH, 1956. PROUD PARENTS LINE RACE ROUTE 00:13:42 - FAMILY WALKS TO THEIR CAR, CARS PARKED ON THE BEACH SAND 00:13:48 - MONTAGE LICENSE PLATES FROM DIFFERENT STATES. ALABAMA. MINNESOTA. WISCONSIN. 00:13:57 - FATHER, SON, DAUGHTER GET OUT OF 1950s STATION WAGON. FAMILY ARRIVING AT DAYTONA BEACH 00:14:07 - CU TEEN BOY WITH BIG EARS CHEWING GUM LOOKS AROUND 00:14:15 - BOY POINTS TO 1950s CARS PARADE ON THE BEACH 00:14:26 - MAN WORKING ON HIS ENGINE FORMER RACING CHAMPION PETE DEPAOLO TEEN WITH BIG EARS LOOKS ON, HANDS DEPAOLO A TOOL 00:14:59 - PETE DEPAOLO TAKES EAGER TEEN ON A RIDE IN HIS CONVERTIBLE CAR. BILL FRANCE, PRESIDENT OF NASCAR SHAKES HAND WITH DEPAOLO AND BOY 00:15:17 - TEEN BOY DISCOVERING GIRLS CHECKS OUT GIRL ON THE BEACH. ACTIVE TEEN HORMONES. GIRL PUTTING SCARF ON. PETE DEPAOLO TURNS TO SEE WHAT BOY IS STARING AT, SMILES. 00:15:37 - PETE DEPAOLO POINTS OUT CHUCK DAIGH GETTING INTO CAR FOR A RUN ON THE MEASURED MILE. 00:15:57 - CU SIGN "NASCAR SPEED TRIALS STARTING POINT" 00:15:58 - FLAGGER STARTS RUNS. CARS TAKE OFF FROM START MARK. 1950s RACE CARS ON THE FAMOUS MEASURED MILE RUN ON DAYTONA BEACH 00:16:18 - NASCAR OFFICIALS RECORD RACING SPEEDS IN THE TOWER 00:16:22 - CHUCK DAIGH, RACER IN FORD THUNDERBIRD PUTS ON SAFETY HELMET PULLS UP TO STARTING LINE. FLAGGER WAVES HIM ON. CHUCK DAIGH ON MEASURED MILE RUN. CU 1950s FOURSOME WATCHES. NASCAR TIMERS SIT IN BEACH CHAIRS. OFFICIALS IN THE TOWER RECORD SPEED. CU GOOFY GUY WITH CAP LID UP AND SUNGLASSES CHOMPING ON CHEWING GUM. CHUCK DAIGH CROSSING OVER FINISH LINE. TIME IS 150 MPH 00:17:09 - RACE FANS AROUND CHUCK DAIGH'S CAR CONGRATULATE HIM 00:17:20 - PAN DAYTONA BEACH WITH VEHICLES PARKED FOR NASCAR SPEED TRIALS. 00:17:29 - WARNING SIGN "USE CAUTION SPEED TRIALS IN PROGRESS STAY ON HIGH SIDE OF THE BEACH KEEP LEFT" 00:17:30 - DAYTONA BEACH ACCELERATION TESTS, 1956. CARS CLOCKED FROM A STANDING START. 00:17:48 - CHUCK DAIGH CLIMBS INTO HIS RACE CAR, PUTS ON HELMET, POV IN DAIGH'S CAR ON ACCELERATION TEST RUN 00:18:26 - GROUP OF 1950s SPECTATORS HEAD TURN FOLLOWING RACE CAR 00:18:32 - CU LOUD SPEAKERS. CHUCK DAIGH SETS NEW SPEED RECORD 88.7 MPH FROM A STANDING START 00:18:40 - HS DAYTONA BEACH. RAINING. SPECTATORS KEEP DRY AND WARN WRAPPED IN BLANKETS. 00:18:49 - FLAGGER STARTS RACE. CARS RACE ON WET TRACK. 1950s STOCK CARS RACE 160 MILES ON WET PAVED TRACK AND ON THE SAND. 00:19:30 - STOCK CAR FLIPPED BACK OVER AFTER A BAD FLIP IN THE SAND 00:19:39 - AUDIENCE APPLAUDS UNHURT RACE CAR DRIVER 00:19:45 - CAMERA FOLLOWS TIM FLOCK OF ATLANTA ON HIS RUN 00:19:47 - SPECTATORS LINE RACE ROUTE AS RACE CARS RACE BY. 00:19:54 - STOCK CAR FLIPS OVER AND OVER ON THE BEACH. SPECTATORS CRANE NECKS TO SEE. 00:20:10 - TIM FLOCK LEADS THE RACE WITH RALPH MOODY IN SECOND 00:20:13 - CU FORMER RACE CAR CHAMPION PETE DEPAOLO WATCHING RACE NERVOUS MAN PLAYS WITH HIS CHIN 00:20:28 - STOCK CAR REJOINS THE RACE. 1950s SPECTATORS IN BLEACHERS. TIM FLOCK IN THE LEAD. BILLY MEYERS IS SECOND. RALPH MOODY IN THIRD. 00:20:50 - RACE CARS CROSS FINISH LINE. TIM FLOCK IN FIRST. RALPH MOODY IN THIRD 00:20:57 - SPECTATORS AT DAYTONA BEACH, 1956 00:21:01 - PETE DEPAOLO CONGRATULATES RALPH MOODY 00:21:07 - STOCK CARS AND PEOPLE MOVING ON DAYTONA BEACH 00:21:13 - SEA GULLS AT THE BEACH 00:21:19 - ORLANDO BEACH TRANSIT COMPANY BUS DRIVES ON THE BEACH, LETS PASSENGERS OUT. ARRIVING AT DAYTONA BEACH FOR RACES 00:21:38 - LITTLE BOY WEARS CAPTAIN'S CAP AND HOLDS 1950s TOY CAR 00:21:42 - 1950s WOMAN HANDS OVER MONEY TO VENDER SELLING TOY CARS MONEY CHANGING HANDS 00:21:47 - BLEACHERS FULL OF SPECTATORS 00:21:50 - BANNER "HEINTZELMAN DAYTONA BEACH" 00:21:50 - FIREBALL ROBERTS AND CURTIS TURNER CLIMB INTO RACE CAR. BUCKLE UP SEAT BELTS. PETE DEPAOLO TALKS WITH DRIVERS 00:22:18 - 1956 NASCAR CIRCULAR RACE FOR CONVERTIBLES 00:22:29 - SHOT OF 5 GIRLS WEARING ROLLED UP BLUE JEANS AND SIMILAR SHIRTS WATCHING RACE FROM BLEACHERS. 1950s CASUAL. 00:22:30 - NASCAR CIRCULAR RACE FOR CONVERTIBLES. CARS WITH ROLL BARS. JOE WEATHERLY. 160 MILE RACE. CURTIS TURNER. FIREBALL ROBERTS 00:23:54 - RACE CAR PULLS INTO THE PIT FOR GAS CU REFUELING CAR 00:24:13 - 1956 DAYTONA BEACH NASCAR CIRCULAR RACE FOR CONVERTIBLES. CUTS TO 1950s SPECTATORS. JOE WEATHERLY. FIREBALL ROBERTS. CURTIS TURNER 00:24:32 - WOMEN COVER THEIR FACES FROM SAND DUST 00:24:33 - TURNER AND ROBERTS IN CLOSE RACE. 00:24:41 - CU MAN WEARING CAPTAIN'S CAP LOOKS AT RACE THROUGH BINOCULARS 00:24:43 - FINAL LAP OF THE RACE, CURTIS TURNER WINS. FIREBALL ROBERTS IN SECOND PLACE. HERB TOLLIS IN THIRD PLACE. 00:25:06 - CAR RACING FANS, SPECTATORS IN BLEACHERS 00:25:11 - WINNER CONGRATULATED. TURNER'S TIME AN AVERAGE OF 96.11 MPH 00:25:18 - STOCK CARS AND PEOPLE MOVING ON THE BEACH 00:25:23 - TEEN BOY AND PETE DEPAOLO WALK ON THE BEACH, STOP TO CHECK OUT EARLY CAR ON THE BEACH. 00:25:49 - SEA GULLS AT THE BEACH 00:25:50 - FILM ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1956
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-346