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BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS LAND SPEED RECORD w/ CRAIG BREEDLOVE 50804 (1964)

1964 · Short film · 13 min

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This 1964 film is a test print that -- unfortunately -- is silent. It is about the land speed records set in 1964 in Utah is presented by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and Shell as “A Spotlite News Program.” It opens October 5, 1964 at the Bonneville Salt Flats. The Wingfoot Express, Tom Green its driver, is shown going 413.20 mph. Two days later, Art Arfons tops that at 434.02 mph in the Green Monster. The parachute deploys behind the speed record words (:09-:42). September 5, 1963, the…

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13 minutes