Detroit’s 250th Birthday Race (1951)

Full title reads: “Detroit’s 250th Birthday Race“. Detroit, Michigan, United States of America (USA). LS Starter waving flag. LS (Elevated) Stock Car Race starting. LS Cars round the bend. LS Pan car crashing into another. Montage of speeding cars. LS Another crash. LS Cars racing to the finish. LS Judge waving finishing flag. CU Tommy Thompson (the winner) leaving Chrysler. (.) (Orig.C.) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pat