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Horse race at opening on Christmas Day of Santa Anita Park racecourse in Arcadia, CA
Title card: "Santa Anita race opener thrills fans" / overhead shot of race horses being led around paddock / crowd at racecourse / horses parading onto race track / close shot of women wearing fashions walking through crowd / overhead...
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Coral Gables Handicap horse race at Tropical Park racecourse in Coral Gables, FL
Crowd in stands / race horses in starting gate starting race and racing down straightaway / people leaning against fence in infield watching / ground level shot of horses racing past camera / overhead shot of horses racing around first...
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Racehorse "Omaha" wins Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore
Title card: "Blood will tell" / two overhead shots of large crowd at Race Course / two shots of racehorses parading along track / crowd watching / horses come out of starting gate / horses racing down straightaway, around first turn,...
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King Saxon, Singing Wood, and Only One participate in the Metropolitan Handicap at Belmont Park in New York
VS Metropolitan Handicap horse race in progress, with horses racing in the backstretch, entering the final turn, moving toward the finish line / Note: film has nitrate deterioration
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Black Helen wins the Florida Derby at Hialeah Park in 1935
Title card: "Florida's Derby Day" / High shot horses and jockeys parade around ring, standing spectators watch / VS horses and jockeys parade on track / CU spectators in stand / horses race from starting gate / VS horses racing around...
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Black Helen wins American Derby at Washington Park, Chicago
Title card: "Black Helen's Derby!" / MS men marking racing cards, more men and spectators in stand in bkgd / MS horses and jockeys parade past crowd / High angle horses and jockeys parade to post / Medium deep shot spectators in stand on...
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1935 All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron, OH, with WWI flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker congratulating winner
Title: "Youth at the Wheel" on black screen and then superimposed over cars at derby starting line and beginning of race / VS people working on cars / CU three cars: "The Peoria Journal Transcript", The Evansville Press and the Knoxville...
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Mumsie wins horse race at Santa Anita Park on Christmas Day
Title card: "They're off - For 1936" on the grandstands (jumpy footage) / aerial view of horses gathering / horses parade to post / grandstands / as horses make the final turn and Mumsie wins by a nose
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Tanforan Racetrack's Marchbank Handicap
Title card: "Indian Broom sweeps clean" (then superimposed on the race / Packed crowd at the grandstand / In the distance, the horses are walked to the gate / Hundreds of people at the betting windows seen through tobacco smoke; a man...
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Eight-mile race to the top of New Hampshire's Mount Washington in the first Mount Washington Road Race
MS from behind eight men lined up for start of race beneath sign that reads "Mt. Washington Auto Road", mountains in bkgd / Pan up mountain / runners running toward camera / High angle LS from behind runners running toward mountain /...
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Vanderbilt Cup race, 1936
Vanderbilt Cup race / cars lined up on Roosevelt Raceway / three crash at starting line / LS raceway fans and grandstand / race in progress / aerials of raceway / number 8 crosses finish line and wins / driver Tazio Nuvolari with George...
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Yonkers, NY 26-mile marathon, 1936
Title card: "Yonkers Marathon" over black then superimposed over race / High angle runners take off / VS runners racing around Empire City Race Course / High angle from behind runners leave track / VS runners running through the streets...
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Granville wins the 1936 Arlington Classic horse race
Title card: "Gallant Granville!" superimposed on the running horses / A large crowd of people, most in summer attire / The horses walk to the starting gate, the race commences and is filmed with a telephoto lens, Granville wins by two...
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Goldeneye wins the 1936 Christmas Stakes race at Santa Anita racetrack in Arcadia, CA
LS horses on far side of track, camera follows them around track and into home stretch where Goldeneye crosses the finish line, sign on track reads Santa Anita 6, Dec. 25 1936 / crowing Pathe logo
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Archie San Romani wins 1500 meter race at AAU championships in New York City
Title card: "Another King from Kansas” superimposed over men running / Madison Square Garden, AAU meet / 1500 meter race / crowd cheering / Gene Venzke falls near finish line / Archie San Romani wins with Luigi Beccali coming in second
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Widener Challenge Cup at Hialeah Park racecourse
Title "Hail Columbiana" superimposed over jockeys riding racehorses around paddock / two shots of horses leaving paddock and walking onto track / crowd in stands / two shots of flamingos flying low past racecourse / horses come out of...
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Opening ceremony of Winter Olympics of 1936 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Title "At the Olympics" superimposed over flags of different countries flying on flagpoles / flag flying with Olympic rings on it / sign over entrance to stadium with greeting in German on it, snow falling / Greek athletes in parade...
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Ferrin Walker wins 100-meter dash and Cunningham surpasses a fallen San Romani to win 1500 meter race at 1937 AAU Nationals
Title card: "AMERICA'S TRACK CHAMPIONS" superimposed over fade-in to foot race in progress at the AAU National Track and Field Championships in Milwaukee, WI / MLS-PAN RIGHT runners take off from starting line and run 100-meter dash,...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Sailing: Louis Burton celebrates crossing Vendee Globe finish line second
French sailor Louis Burton can't hide his joy as he becomes the second competitor to cross the finish line in the Vendee Globe round-the-world race (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Sailing: Charlie Dalin sprays champagne after crossing finish line first
French skipper Charlie Dalin (Apivia) sprays champagne as he sets foot on dry land after becoming the first competitor to cross the finish line in the gruelling Vendee Globe round-the-world race (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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First division and second division of Flamingo Stakes horse race at Hialeah Park racecourse in Florida
Racehorses waiting in starting gate / horses racing around first turn / horses racing down backstretch / horses racing around final turn and down home stretch / horse "Blue Man" crosses finish line winning race / jockey Conn McCreary...
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Stymie's the big winner at the Empire City Gold Cup horse race, 1947
[Sportfolio episode 165] Countdown / Sportsfolio intro sequence / card: "place commercial here" / VS Empire City Gold Cup horse race at Belmont Park, NY; horses begin race on muddy track; one horse far in the lead; horse #4 Stymie, with...
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Racehorse "Whirlaway" wins Belmont Stakes Belmont Park racecourse in Elmont, NY, thereby winning the Triple Crown
[Sportfolio episode 12] Countdown / Sportfolio intro sequence / card: "place commercial here" / two shots of crowd at Belmont Park / racehorses come out of starting gate and race down straightaway / horses racing down straightway /...
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Pensive wins the 1944 Kentucky Derby
[Sportfolio episode 123] Countdown / Sportfolio intro sequence / card: "Place Commercial Here" / High angle view of Churchill Downs with a large crowd in the grandstands / horses burst from the starting gate / horses round the stretch /...