Serious racing

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poster The Derby 1895
The Derby 1895
1mn - Documentary
A stationary camera, looking diagonally across a racetrack toward the infield, records the horses as they race past. Once they are out of view and the race is over, police officers run onto the infield. T…
poster Bicycle Race at the Arroyo Seco Cycle Track
Bicycle Race at the Arroyo Seco Cycle Track
3mn - Documentary
A record of a bicycle race held at the Arroyo Seco velodrome, which was located in the Quinta de Iglesias street (modern day Agraciada) by Entre Ríos, Zapicán and San Fructuoso.
poster Excuse My Dust
Excuse My Dust
48mn - Drama, Comedy, Action
A top race-car driver leaves the sport to get married and settle down, because his new wife doesn't want him to race anymore. However, not long afterwards his wife takes their infant son and leaves him to…
poster Kid Auto Races at Venice
Kid Auto Races at Venice
(2.9/5)
7mn - Comedy
The Tramp interferes with the celebration of several kid auto races in Venice, California (Junior Vanderbilt Cup Race, January 10 and 11, 1914), standing himself in the way of the cameraman who is filming…
poster Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life
Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life
14mn - Comedy, Action
When Mabel romantically rejects a villain, he ties her to the railroad tracks, leaving her bashful suitor to appeal to famous racecar driver Barney Oldfield for help.
poster Ups an' Downs Derby
Ups an' Downs Derby
(2.8/5)
6mn - Animation
aid to be the fastest horse around, Lightning the horse is a sure bet for the Ups and Downs steeplechase. The jockey is all set to go for the big race, but Lightning decides to take a nap instead. The joc…
poster DĂ©part de cyclistes
DĂ©part de cyclistes
(2.8/5)
1mn - Documentary
At the start line of the Lyon-Geneva bicycle race.
poster Kid Speed
Kid Speed
18mn - Comedy, Romance, Action
Avery DuPoys is a wealthy businessman, organising a race. He meets one of the competitors of the race, who is in love with DuPoys's daughter. Another competitor crashes into the action, who is also in lov…
poster The Runaway Match, or Marriage by Motor
The Runaway Match, or Marriage by Motor
(2.9/5)
5mn - Drama, Action, Romance
A couple elopes; Her father pursues via motorcar.
poster The Woes of Roller Skaters
The Woes of Roller Skaters
7mn - Comedy
A group of people take roller skating too far.
poster Racquet
Racquet
87mn - Comedy
Centred around a former tennis champ who swings with the girls and volleying straight sets with the rich and famous while set on owning his own tennis court.
poster Zeb vs. Paprika
Zeb vs. Paprika
24mn - Comedy
Stan Laurel as a harness racing jockey who must win a big race.
poster The Roaring Road
The Roaring Road
(2.9/5)
58mn - Drama, Comedy
"Toodles" Waldron, racing enthusiast and the best salesman for J. D. Ward's automobile company, quarrels with his boss; Ward will not let him enter the Santa Monica Grand Prize Road Race, or marry his dau…
poster Terminus
Terminus
115mn - Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action
An established dystopian sport has drivers of a computerized truck driving cross-country to a terminus. The lead truck, created by a boy genius, is driven by a woman. When the computer guidance system fai…
poster The Derby
The Derby
1mn - Documentary
poster The Big Wheel
The Big Wheel
(2.8/5)
92mn - Action, Drama, Romance
The ambitious son of an accomplished race driver struggles to outrun his father's legacy and achieve his own successes.
poster Silks and Saddles
Silks and Saddles
(2.8/5)
86mn - Drama
Bobbie Morton is a gutsy heroine in the grand Australian tradition. She's a champion horsewoman who can hold her own amongst the men of the racecourse. As part of her adventures she must come to the botto…
poster The Cold Heart of a Killer
The Cold Heart of a Killer
(3.2/5)
88mn - Action, Thriller, Short
Set around Alaska's punishing Iditarod race, a husky breeder and former musher is forced out of racing retirement to compete again and outrun an unknown killer.
poster Gentlemen of Nerve
Gentlemen of Nerve
15mn - Comedy
Mabel and her beau go to an auto race and are joined by Charlie and his friend. As Charlie's friend is attempting to enter the raceway through a hole, the friend gets stuck and a policeman shows up.
poster Police Chasing Scorching Auto
Police Chasing Scorching Auto
3mn - Action, Crime
Police officers pursue a speeding automobile that almost hit a small child. This short is an outtake from Life of an American Policeman (1905). Once that film had been edited to fit a standard 1,000 foot …
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