Corrida de Automóveis em São Gonçalo | movie | 1909 | Official Trailer | dG1fdG84cloxRTVpcWs
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00:00September 19th, 1909.
00:04The first race organized by the Automobile Club of Brazil
00:08and proven to be the oldest preserved Brazilian documentary.
00:14Location?
00:15The municipality of São Gonçalo in the state of Rio de Janeiro
00:19and filming of Paulino Botelho.
00:22The 72 kilometers of the route were difficult for the machines of the time,
00:28the Italas, the Isota Frasquini, the Panar.
00:33The race should have been held in the forest of Tijuca, in Rio de Janeiro,
00:38but the city's legislature prohibited it for considering it excessively dangerous.
00:45But the event excited the Cariocas in such a way
00:49that the Cantareira Company had to make special boat trips
00:54to transport them to the other side of the Guanabara Bay.
00:58Finally, the winner was one of the pioneers of sports aviation in our country,
01:04Gastão de Almeida, driving a Berlier car,
01:08with a time of one hour and four minutes.