Title:
Ted Beebe at the 1962 Daytona 500
REEL ID:
L055R0004
RUN TIME:
00:09:01
FORMAT:
16mm motion picture film
FILM TYPE:
Color Kodak Kodachrome
SOUND:
Silent (no synchronized sound)
Description:
This color home movie captures scenes from the 1962 Daytona 500, documenting the spectacle and scale of top-level American stock car racing in the early 1960s. Shot on location, the reel reflects the excitement surrounding one of NASCAR’s premier events.
The footage shows race action on the track alongside wide views of spectators watching from the grandstands, emphasizing the massive crowds drawn to Daytona each year. Overhead, the Goodyear Blimp drifts across the sky, a familiar symbol of major motorsports coverage during the era.
Identified as belonging to Ted Beebe, the reel preserves a firsthand perspective of the 1962 Daytona 500—capturing both the competition and the atmosphere that defined NASCAR’s rise as a national motorsports phenomenon.
Tags:
1962, Daytona 500, NASCAR, Stock car racing, Motorsports, Daytona Beach, Florida, Race spectators, Grandstands, Goodyear Blimp, Major racing event, Professional auto racing, Early NASCAR, Vintage racing footage, Americana, Postwar leisure, 16mm film, Color home movies, Analog film, Nostalgic footage
