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The 1936 All-American Soap Box Derby (1936)

1936 · Ephemeral film · 10 min

Synopsis

General Motors' film of the 1936 All-American Soap Box Derby, the second of its derby films: boys design, build and race their own cars.

Synopsis, reviewed

Details

Running time
10 minutes
Collection
Prelinger Archives

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★ · All Hail The Boys! · Spuzz · 2018-01-09

Wonderfully patriotic soap box derby short which features the 1936 races. Plenty of exciting races is blended well with the almost drooling narration, which is somewhat perverse in it's passion for the 'boy'. Great scenes of other boys playing sports too, such as tug of war, football and a great boxing scene. Reccomended.