Seattle Seafair & 45Th Gold Cup Hydroplane Speedboat Race "Where Rooster Tails Fly" 62554 (1952)

Synopsis

Where Rooster-Tails Fly is a short film, produced by Charles R. Perryman, that shows viewers highlights from Seattle’s 1952 Seafair festival, including the Torchlight Parade, Samish Slough Race, and the 45th Gold Cup (a hydroplane boat race later called the Seafair Cup then the Albert Lee Appliance Cup). The film opens with a boat on fire in Puget Sound (00:49), where men dressed as pirates watch from nearby boats. Aerial views of Seattle, Lake Washington, and Puget Sound show viewers the host of the Seafair festival. Sail boats cruise on Puget Sound (01:49) and Lake Washington. Native Americans move canoes into the water (02:09). Some stand on shore and observe the canoe racing between the tribes, including the Samish and Puyallup. Men from the University of Washington row crew on Lake Washington (03:30). Other men participate in a small outboard motor boat race (03:59). In the annual Samish Slough Race, people race small boats on the small slough (04:27); several boats get stuck on shore or capsize while navigating the course. The crew of Seattle’s SLO-MO-SHUN prepare for a speed trial (06:17). Men put on crash helmets and life jackets. Stanley Sayres pilots the speed boat. Officials test their timing equipment. Footage shows the boat ripping across the surface of the mile stretch on Lake Washington. Footage shows Gold Cup competitors from Detroit and Los Angeles hauling their hydroplane boats up to Seattle for the race. People participate in log races, predicting the…

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Running time

26 minutes

Collection

Ephemeral Films

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• Stock Footage