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Created by Random Films, this historic documentary shows the highlights from the 1957 Le Mans 24 hour race, the 25th running of the famed race. It starts with an overview of some of the cars and the teams featured including Teams Maserati, Ferrari, Jaguar, and Aston Martin. This is followed by the excitement of the opening ceremony of the race. Afterwards, there is coverage of various shots of the 8.38 mile course, hard racing, pit stops, cars being left behind, and exciting night racing as the race goes on. It ends with the pit crowds rushing the drivers as they pull in after finishing the race, with a resounding victory for Team Jaguar. It was an unprecedented sweep for the British, taking the first four places and sixth. The victories are even more surprising given that all of the cars were privately entered.
0:08 Title “Le Mans 1957”, 0:14 a large crowd looking at a line up of racecars, 0:47 artists painting numbers on the racecars, 0.54 the 4.5 Maserati cope, 1:41 different Jaguar models on display, 2:35 old cars drive down the circuit with people in old clothes, 3:10 an overview of the crowd, 3:19 different angles of the Jaguar team cars, 3:59 three Aston Martin cars, 4:10 all the Maserati models lined up with Harry Shell inspecting them, 4:23 different Ferrari models lined up, 4:40 overview of the Lotus models, 5:27 French Gendarmes on motorcycles drive by, 5:33 cars drive onto the track, 5:53 teams guide the cars into their starting positions, 6:47 the cars lined up in their pits with huge crowds in the background, 7:04 race starts as flag is lowered, drivers run to their cars, and start the race, 8:02 cars racing around a curve, 8:19 one car already out of the race as it would not start, 8:29 cars driving past the crowd as the first lap finishes, 9:01 still shot of the cars driving down a straight piece of road, 9:44 Collins Ferrari puts his car out of the race, 10:22 two cars come in for pit stops with mechanical issues, 11:07 Evans leaves pit after fix, 11:10 Lawrence comes in for a pit stop and drives off again, 11:43 Hawthorne comes in for a tire change, 12:31 Moss brings in his Maserati for a pit stop, 13:29 intentional pit stop being made by the Jaguar, 14:10 different cars come in for quick pit stops, 15:01 Maserati has problems in the pit stop, 15:21 Acura driver switch and pit stop, 15:31 the Maserati team in trouble with one car unfixable and the other abandoned, 16:16 the Jaguars driving past the crowd, 16:51 the Lotus 750 drives around a curve, 17:10 a shirtless man pushes a Lotus into the pit stop, 17:49 shots from the racetrack as the cars pass the pits at night, 18:30 pit controllers taking notes, 18:38 the Hamilton car in the pit, 19:31 morning overview of the racetrack as fog sets in, 20:06 Ferrari crew working on Evan’s car, 20:54 shots of some of the crashed and left behind cars, 21:33 Team Jaguar leader coming in for a scheduled pit stop and drivers are switched out, 22:13 second Jaguar team members comes in for a pit stop and driver change, 22:41 Ferrari leaves pit stop, 23:10 different shots of an exhausted crowd watching the race, 23:39 Keith Hall and Duncan Hamilton, 23:54 all the Jaguars coming in for the final pit stop, 24:53 Ferrari pulls out of final pit stop, 25:09 shots from the Lotus pit, 25:15 Yellow Jaguar of a private Belgian team, 26:00 views of the pits on the final lap, 26:16 cars begin driving over the line, 26:26 pit crowds rush the finishing cars and celebrate the drivers
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