| GATE CRASHING French competition of opening and closing a gate so your car can drive through, plus a novel car bonnet mascot. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7297 |
| Catalog #: | 505606 | |
| Clip Number: | 505606-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | PT 16 | |
| Timecode: | 01:43:27 - 01:45:11 | |
| Location: | France | |
| Year Shot: | 1930 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CONTESTS: Unusual LOCATIONS/EUROPE: France SPORTS/RACES: Unusual | |
| Description: | GATE CRASHING French competition of opening and closing a gate so your car can drive through, plus a novel car bonnet mascot. France. "A novel little competition our French Automobile friends thought out -". High angle M/S of a woman driving along a road in an open car; she gets out of the car while it is still moving, runs ahead of it to move a gate section out of the path of the car, waits until the car has passed, then puts the gate back, gets back into the car and drives off. A small crowd of people clap. A man comes along in a tiny child-size car, stays sitting in the car to open and close the gate before and after him then drives off. When they competed for elegance, this car won - by the aid of a really unique bonnet "mascot"." M/S of a smart and shiny hardtop car driving along with a woman perched on the bonnet in a swan-dive pose - very art deco! The car moves backwards past the applauding crowd as the woman takes up another pose. | |
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