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This clip is Part 1 of a 2-part film.
[GILMORE-YOSEMITE ECONOMY RUN] Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Ford V-8 with sign, ‘Gilmore-Yosemite Run, Ford, Al Steubing’ written on side and back passing other car on mountain road, men waving from car - car passing under sign, ‘Entering Sierra National Forest’ - views of mountains and countryside from moving car - car on mountain road passing sign, ‘Elevation 4,000 ft.’ - rows of parked cars beside grandstand, panorama of different cars - AAA official sealing hood of Ford car - row of parked cars, hoods up, officials examining them - panorama of mountainous countryside from moving car - panorama of level countryside from moving car - views from rear and front of car - AAA official and mechanics under hood of car - Ford V-8 on wet road - Lincoln mechanic at testing machine - AAA official opening trunk of a Mercury - officials inside barn-like building, table covered with papers, scale, men being weighed - cars on open road - Pontiac, Ford, Packard, and Mercury on road - views through windshields of cars on road - Ford passing sign, ‘Elevation 2,000 ft.’ - Ford moving past sign, ‘Stop, Checking Station, Gilmore-Yosemite Run’ - cars passing sign, ‘Elevation 3,000 ft.’ - mountain scenery from moving car - cars stopped at Gilmore Oil Company station - leaving station - cars passing park entrance station in snow - cars parked in snow - panorama of cars and buses parked, people milling about - panorama of mountains. [1938]
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