Anybody caught the 10 min. reel 'Throttle Pushers' on the TCM channel between films at 4:15am PAC this morning? Had all the famous racers of the time doing a race at the Los Angeles speedway in 1933. The opening shots had a few race cars driven into the entrance gate on open trailers and the commentary said, "See why drivers don't live very long..." There were some close-ups of a few cars with their drivers and a couple of engines and really great footage of the race. Complete with cars driving off the track, on board cameras and pretty bad accidents with drivers flying out of their cars. Can't find anything on YouTube and no pics anywhere online. It was released Apr. 25, 1933 by MGM. Somebody's gotta have this in their collection...
saw it around 7 this morning Eastern time ...amazing stuff...Almost signed on to alert the HAMB,but it was over too soon..
Just watched it on TCM the other day. Crazy how the drivers just fly out of those cars when the cars flip
It's available now online, if you don't mind signing up on a free download website. http://tour.filmlush.com/movie_player/letme?ref=46493
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