History of Motor Racing pt 2 1919 1929
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- Опубліковано 12 бер 2017
- While working at Shell Oil, filmmaker Bill Mason, produced a series about the early days of motor racing. It's an in depth classic.
This film picks up after WWI with an early look at racing at the Indy 500 in 1919. The Kaiser is there and says hello to Louis Chevrolet. The winner of the race that year was Howdy Wilcox.
We see cyclecars race in France and return to Indy for 1920 and see Henry Ford, chatting with fellow automotive fans before Tommy Milton wins.
The 1922 French Grand Prix at Strasbourg sees Felice Nazarro win for Fiat.
In 1923 we're introduced to Bugatti. And begin to follow Campari's wins for Alfa Romeo. His fellow driver Antonio Ascari is also a perennial winner for Alfa.
The French Grand Prix attracts the American Tommy Milton for Duesenberg who battles Campari and Bugatti.
Back to Indy in 1926 for Peter DiPaola to win for Duesenberg.
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You gotta love it. Footnote, three men were killed, let's race. It's 3 AM and I can't stop watching this. Great series. Many pictures I have never seen before.
I keep thinking of something I read about the drivers being ex-soldiers. One of them was quoted saying it was the first time in years that nobody was shooting at him, so the danger of the race was nothing in comparison.
They certainly had an unorthodox safety approach. Love the cheerful music segueing so seamlessly into the mangling that follows.
Great improvement over 10 years prior, cars and video 👍
156 mph in 1919 😮
With no harness, no roll cage, and no helmet. Just balls of steel!
But now only 1 racer per vehicle, which reduced casualties with 50% :P
Years later , Ascaris son died motor racing at Monza in 1955. They were both exactly 36 years when they died.may they rest in peace. Brave men.
I would love to see Hamilton and Company change wheels in the pit themselves. With a mallet.
And then the Pendine Sands and Daytona Speed Record runs. What a fantastic time. I was just born too late. Oh, and about Babs, Parry Thomas's car, was buried on the spot only to be recovered in the 90's.
It looks glamorous but I can assure you, it wasn't that fun to live back then. Can't just cherry pick the cool bits, gotta take the poverty, huge child mortality, rickets and consumption, too.
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Back when safety wasnt a concern and men risked their lives in these races. What a time
People say that as if burnt corpses were masculine or glamourous in any way.
Gaston Chevrolet was the last Frenchman to win the 500...until this year.
Thanks for sharing, it's interesting to see the evolution...
150 mph back then is Fantastic
Excellent
Brilliant fantastic thanks !
Tazio Nuvolari was one of the really fearless dare devils who pushed it to the limit. A prime example of why Grand Prix drivers became the highest paid racer's in the world.
500 mile races in 1920's? Unbelievable
Never heard about the Paris Peking race a few years earlier? 😂😂😂 sweet summer child, you don't know a lot, do you? 😂
@The PretzelHead - the 24 hrs. of Le Mans winners in the 1920s covered well more than a 1,000 miles and I believe last year the winner covered over 3,600 miles!
Number 19 Alfa Romeo is driven by Enzo Ferrari! How cool is that! :D
The audio in this entire multi-part documentary is about 3 seconds out of sync with the picture. That can all be corrected with UA-cam Studio without removing the video.
How do you fix it in studio?
Cool.
21:59 Miller race cars. I think that is Preston Thomas Tucker standing behind the car, (He worked with Miller designing rear engine race cars and others and won several championships) His USA "Tucker" automobile company was destroyed by congress 20 years later, and we lost that freedom to compete too.
Directed by Nick Mason's dad!
11:45 “Seagrave was given a glass of champagne, which he always disliked. But there isn’t any water available.” Different times…
Hahaha, yeah that's quite funny
500miles = 804 km, 7hours is a 114km/h average speed in a bad roads of 1922... geees
15:45 Death of Ascari
We are talking about alberto's father right?
@@pianortd4800 yes
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