Cant believe after such a terrible incident the next day spectators are standing in the exact same spot

@carlosb1

11 ай бұрын

People back then were mentally stronger.

@naglafar2651

9 ай бұрын

@@carlosb1 Stronger or reckless ?

Some love for Ken Miles in this video. Pops up a couple of times in the MG. Love it.

Thanks for your Golden Age race videos !

Seeing this in color is SO much better then the b&w British pathe video,that said many ppl who were at this race didn't realize or even know about it till after the race.

I'm really surprised at the graphic scenes of dead bodies in this video. Not upset by it; just surprised its included.

@angelsone-five7912

11 ай бұрын

Have seen many accounts of this race but this is the first time I`ve seen the bodies, many were decapitated.

@kirbyseverson

9 ай бұрын

You have to see it to really know how dangerous it is.

12:20 the famous crash

Auto racing experts over the decades have said this race made big changes in some safety issues and I believe that. Even though the 1950's had many great auto races, the tragedy of loss was great in drivers and spectators. 1955 at Indianapolis had the tragic loss of a talented driver- Bill Vuckovich...bad time for auto racing. I still feel sad about the many spectators at LeMans in the 1955 event. It should not have happened.

@DL-ls5sy

Жыл бұрын

what about Tourist Trophy races in the Isle of Man ?

Great video.

Mercedes Benz didn't have disk brakes like Jaguar which explains the air brake flap.

This is the first time I have seen the actual human carnage resultting from that terrible crash, awful. They were right to keep the race going in order that emergency vehicles weren`t hampered by exiting crowds.

@chapmyers9272

10 ай бұрын

That’s an interesting take, one I hadn’t considered. Myself, had I been anywhere near the accident I would have been way too freaked out to stay.

If such a horrific accident happened at LeMans today, the race would be terminated.

@JackH675

Жыл бұрын

They kept it going due to the potential mass exodus that would’ve occurred, and would’ve prevented ambulances from getting in and out of the track

@DL-ls5sy

Жыл бұрын

same thing in Monza 1961 ...14 dead

@stampede122

10 ай бұрын

@@DL-ls5sy15 once you add Von Tripps

@jokermaan1

4 ай бұрын

A disaster on this scale would be impossible today though, simply as a result of safety measures that have been introduced, many as a direct result of this particular accident.

The crash was caused by Hawthorn.

@columbmurray

6 ай бұрын

Not so.

@jokermaan1

4 ай бұрын

Hawthorne's Jag had disc brakes that meant that it pulled up very quickly before the pits, surprising the following driver, Lance Macklin in an Austin-Healey who pulled to the left to avoid a collision but in doing so ran into the path of Pierre Levegh in the much quicker Mercedes. It could be argued that Hawthorne instigated the crash, but not really through negligence.

@turboslag

2 ай бұрын

It was caused by non existent safety precautions and poor circuit configuration at that location. The circuit was still running it's original layout from a time when speeds were much lower, this was absolutely inadequate and dangerous for the speeds these much faster cars were reaching, especially the Jags with disc brakes.

Do we know who was narrating this film?

First race at Le Mans for Lotus with Chapman (10 mn)

I have never seen some of these shots.

Mercedes still put pointless crap on their cars today🤣 They were only doing 60mph into a corner...otherwise the pressure would have ripped the rear end off🤣

What was the tragedy did anyone get hurt

@imablobfish2839

11 ай бұрын

-_-

Vive la France!

Mr. Judgey McJudgerson doing the narration