Jon37 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 The 1929 runners share the road with impatient drivers! (Much has changed in nine decades...) https://youtu.be/0uPWYRLf3Ec This is raw, unedited Fox Movietone newsreel footage....the real deal! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon37 Posted June 19, 2018 Author Share Posted June 19, 2018 ....And here's another marathon in 1934, in New York. Look at the runners dodging the traffic! https://mirc.sc.edu/islandora/object/usc%3A19191 Again, my thanks to Fox Movieton News, whose cameramen also had to dodge the same traffic to get the shots! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert_25-25 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Jon, As a marathon runner and pre war Buick owner, I really appreciate you posting this. This was also in the day of no smog controls and it would not be pleasant running that distance and smelling all those exhaust fumes. A 2:35 finish is really impressive given the traffic issues and road conditions probably not being that great as well. No elite fluids along the course either, maybe handed out a car window. Hugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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