Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
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In the spring of 1903, on a whim and a fifty-dollar bet, Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson set off from San Francisco in a 20-horsepower Winton touring car hoping to become the first person to cross the United States in the new-fangled "horseless carriage." Most people doubted that the automobile had much of a future. Jackson's trip would prove them wrong.
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip is a 2003 documentary that chronicles Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson's groundbreaking 1903 cross-country journey in one of the first automobiles. Driven by a fifty-dollar bet and boundless optimism, Jackson set out from San Francisco in a 20-horsepower Winton to prove the viability of the horseless carriage when most Americans thought it was a passing fad. This TV movie captures the adventure that helped launch the automotive age in America.
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Tom HanksHoratio Nelson Jackson (voice)
Keith DavidNarrator (voice)
Adam ArkinOther Voices (voice)
Philip BoscoOther Voices (voice)
John CullumOther Voices (voice)
Amy MadiganOther Voices (voice)
Eli WallachOther Voices (voice)
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When was Horatio's Drive released?
The documentary premiered on October 6, 2003. It is currently available as a completed release.
What is the documentary about?
It follows the true story of Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson's 1903 cross-country road trip from San Francisco in an early automobile, undertaken to win a fifty-dollar bet and demonstrate that cars were the future of transportation.
Is this a theatrical release or TV movie?
Horatio's Drive is a TV movie documentary, not a theatrical release.
Why is this journey historically significant?
Jackson's successful transcontinental drive in 1903 proved the automobile's practicality and durability, helping to shift public perception from skepticism to acceptance of the horseless carriage.
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