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.
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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.