Film of the Week: British Movietone- The 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race

The archives of British Movietone have posted this 54-second news clip of the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race.
Enjoy,
Howard Kroplick


The 1936 course at Roosevelt Raceway. Note: The Merrick Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge can be seen at the upper right corner.






Tazio Nuvolari driving the winning #8 Alfa Romero.

Comments
I’ll take a Manhattan in Nuvlolari’s “small cocktail cup”, please. British Pathé News is another great source to mine for old newsreels.