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Soap Box Derby: 14-Year-Old Wins 16th Annual Race

Soap Box Derby: 14-Year-Old Wins 16th Annual Race
Clip: 352785_1_1
Year Shot: 1953 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1589
Original Film: 026-490-04
HD: N/A
Location: Akron, Ohio
Timecode: 00:27:19 - 00:28:31

Same as catalog # 515019 11 Year old Fred Mahler, of Muncie, IN. streaks to victory in the sixteenth annual Soap Box Derby, outpacing a field of 151 to win the champion's crown and a $5,000 scholarship. Establishing shot - The Soap Box Derby event opens up with a home town parade. CUS - (40's, 50's, 60's 70's & 80's entertainer) Dinah Shore sitting with race car driver champion, Wilbur Shaw. CUS - The boys soap box race cars. CUS - Andy Devine (early 50's cowboy movie star with a high raspy voice that was part of his persona) sitting in a Soap Box Derby Car, and eventually drives it down the hill for a win. MCUS - Of Soap Box fans. CUS - A young boy getting ready to race. Aerial shot - Throngs of Soap Box racing fans line the streets of Ohio. CUS - Fans, some young boys cheering for the competitors. CUS - The winning boy, who has buck teeth, in celebration with his parents.