Motoring Pikes Peak (1920)

Colorado Springs, United States of America. Intertitle: “Motoring Extraordinary. Pike’s Peak, 14,110 feet high with 147 bad curves, successfully climbed“. M/S of a racing car on a mountainside path, a man signals to the driver with a flag and it drives away. The car has a large number five painted on the radiator, the man signals to the next car in line - number six. L/S, looking down a snowy mountain track, spectators line the way, a racing car drives past. Good L/S of pine covered mountains. L/S of a car making its way around a deserted snowy track at the edge of a mountain. L/S of a car driving up a rocky slope, spectators on the brow of the hill are silhouetted against the sky. M/S of a car coming around a bend at a great speed, a small group of spectators cheer wildly. Various shots of the car driving on mountain paths, creating large dust clouds. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INT