Films
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May 26 2020
Video: Take a Ride in the Alco Black Beast for the 2020 Nassau County Memorial Day Parade
It was an honor to participate in yesterday's special Memorial Day Parade with the Alco Black Beast. (1 comments)
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Dec 21 2019
Video of the Week: The 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Historycomestolife has posted this unedited 4-minute film of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race. (1 comments)
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Dec 13 2019
Film of the Week: An Amateur Color Film of 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race
I just found this amateur color film of the 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race held at Roosevelt Raceway in Westbury from the AACA Library & Research Center. (3 comments)
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Dec 07 2018
Video of the Week: The Long Island Motor Parkway- The World’s First Highway
This two-minute video posted by A Fork in a World of Soup Productions in 2012 provides a nice introduction to our favorite historic parkway. (1 comments)
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Mar 08 2017
Screen Test Request: Film “Green Light: The Story Behind the Long Island Motor Parkway”
Filmmaker Dean Romano is inviting you to screen test and critique a working draft of his documentary "Green Light: The Long Island Motor Parkway". (23 comments)
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Feb 17 2017
YouTube of the Week: Tucker: The man and the car
This week's YouTube of the Week is a classic 1948 promotional film for Preston Tucker and the Tucker '48 produced by the PR department of the Tucker Corporation. (0 comments)
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Dec 18 2015
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. (1 comments)
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Sep 12 2015
Film and Photos: The 1905 Ormond-Daytona Beach Automobile Races
King Rose Archives posted this four-minute film of the 1905 Ormond Daytona Beach Automobile Races including a segment with William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. competing in his 1905 Mercedes. (3 comments)
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Jun 06 2015
Video: News12 Long Island- Long Island’s Hidden Past- Chrysler’s Chrysler
Danielle Campbell of Cablevision's News12 Long Island has profiled the 1937 Chrysler's Chrysler in a Long Island's Hidden Past segment. (1 comments)
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Jan 14 2015
Video: “The Ellison Avenue LIRR Bridge of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race Course”
The Velocity Channel's 2013 AmeriCARna "Vanderbilt Cup" episode focused on the six Vanderbilt Cup Races held on Long Island and the Vanderbilt Cup trophy. This three-minute segment highlighted the Elllison Avenue LIRR Bridge on the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race course and the creation of the Long Island Motor Parkway. (2 comments)
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