“THE HEROIC DAYS” EARLY AUTOMOBILE RACING DOCUMENTARY 1902-1914 SHELL OIL CO. FILM XD60214

Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website Shell Films produced this black-and-white film, “The Heroic Days,” in 1951. It was made in association with the Petroleum Films Bureau. The film is subtitled “Part One of a History of Motor Racing,” and is largely composed of racing footage from 1902-1914, mostly of the Gordon Bennett Cups (created by New York Herald and International Herald Tribune owner James Gordon Bennett, Jr.) and the French Grands Prix (created by the Automobile Club du France, or ACF). Credits: Bill Mason, writer/director; Pat Holmes, editor; Edward Williams, music; Film Centre, London, production. Narrator uncredited. Two men smoking pipes drive an open-top car down a dirt road (00:43). 1902 Sequence begins as cars race down tree-