There's pretty poor editing in this 3-minute movie about the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup race; a car passes a point with lots of onlookers, and papers blowing in the wind, and then there's a cut until the next car goes over the same point. Eventually, it's on to the next location, making this more like a rally than a race.
The Vanderbilt Cup was instituted by William K. Vanderbilt in 1904, with a large cash prize and a race location in Nassau County, Long Island. Of course there was a political frenzy, and hearings were held in Albany, although why, I have no idea. There is said to have been a flood of lawsuits to stop the race. After a spectator was killed in the race this movie covered, it became an occasional and moving event, held on Long Island, in Savannah Georgia, Milwaukee, California, then abeyance until 1936. For three years it was won by European drivers, then went into abeyance until the 1960s.
The Vanderbilt Cup was instituted by William K. Vanderbilt in 1904, with a large cash prize and a race location in Nassau County, Long Island. Of course there was a political frenzy, and hearings were held in Albany, although why, I have no idea. There is said to have been a flood of lawsuits to stop the race. After a spectator was killed in the race this movie covered, it became an occasional and moving event, held on Long Island, in Savannah Georgia, Milwaukee, California, then abeyance until 1936. For three years it was won by European drivers, then went into abeyance until the 1960s.
