| Soap Box Derby | ||
|---|---|---|
| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1782 |
| Catalog #: | 501300 | |
| Clip Number: | 501300-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | HFR-SFL-35-101 | |
| Timecode: | 01:59:30 - 02:00:59 | |
| Location: | California, United States | |
| Year Shot: | 1950 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | AGE GROUP/TEENAGERS: Recreation LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, California SPORTS/RACES: Misc TRANSPORTATION: Go-Carts & Soap Box Racers | |
| Description: | Master 1782 - Tape 1 TLS three white male teenage boys dressed in classic 1950s fashion-- white t-shirts, blue jeans w/ rolled cuffs, leather boots, slicked hair-- loading soap box derby car onto platform; MS boys waxing soap box car. MS white man wearing classic Shell service station uniform greasing axle joints of soap box car. TLS white boys working w/ white man on boxcar racer in grass, crowd of boys watching on. TLSs soap box car being weighed on Toledo scale by race judges; MCU Toledo scale face. TLS boxcar racers being lined up before race. Rear view TLS starting judge standing on track, holding aloft starting flag. TLS racers at starting line, judge holding back gate & hoisting starting pistol in air. MS boy squeezed into racer at starting gate. 3/4 view TLS judge releasing holding gate, firing pistol into air, starting race. LS soap box derby race. Nice TLS white boys leaning over fence, eagerly watching race. Great TLS crowd of kids & adults standing at fence, watching race, heads turning with race car passing in FG. H/a LS soap box cars crossing finish line. LS/TLSs racers losing momentum after finishing race. | |
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