This Time Tomorrow: The 1966 Le Mans documentary

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  • Опубликовано: 23 янв 2025

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  • @spearruler70
    @spearruler70 5 лет назад +332

    Ken Miles = LEGEND

    • @upwaveflash8429
      @upwaveflash8429 4 года назад +4

      for a fact
      he did join in the lemans 1965 and totaled due to the gear box overheated
      to say honestly i still gonna respect Ken for what he has marked since 1966

    • @gandapramana7782
      @gandapramana7782 3 года назад +2

      Carroll Shelby

    • @JSchaffer214
      @JSchaffer214 3 года назад +3

      @@gandapramana7782 Damn right! If it weren't for Shelby, none of those Fords would've won jack squat!

    • @lukey4360
      @lukey4360 3 года назад

      RIP

    • @Zeen.18
      @Zeen.18 3 года назад

      ❤️❤️❤️

  • @arumteguh2762
    @arumteguh2762 5 лет назад +295

    Just finish watched the movies, man oh man, what a movie that was. RIP Ken Miles :(

    • @thomashardcastle7231
      @thomashardcastle7231 5 лет назад

      Thpoiler alert..

    • @gpdude22
      @gpdude22 4 года назад +4

      @@thomashardcastle7231 "Thpoiled" over 50 years ago.

    • @Paiadakine
      @Paiadakine 4 года назад

      Just watched the movie. Felt bad for Ken Miles. Ford management can suck duck eggs in my opinion.

    • @gpdude22
      @gpdude22 4 года назад +4

      @@Paiadakine Keep in mind that many creative liberties were taken when they made this movie. Ken Miles actually DID run at the '65 Le Mans.

    • @thomashardcastle7231
      @thomashardcastle7231 4 года назад

      @@gpdude22 The main thing I took from it was how anti-Semitic the Ford motor company was. They really hated Jews, which probably also means that they hated black and trans people too.

  • @Ralph2
    @Ralph2 5 лет назад +302

    You have to feel for Ken Miles. RIP

    • @petarnikolov6348
      @petarnikolov6348 5 лет назад +1

      We all live once

    • @philgiglio7922
      @philgiglio7922 4 года назад +4

      Agree, Ken was cheated by ford. not enough he won both sebreing and Daytona in the GT 40.

  • @Carrera6rennsport
    @Carrera6rennsport 5 лет назад +442

    the era when racing was dangerous and sex was safe.

    • @GorillaGorilajzen
      @GorillaGorilajzen 5 лет назад +13

      Yeah.. Tooo fuckin bad its opposite now

    • @Speerus
      @Speerus 5 лет назад +10

      Racing still dangerous .. ask to Anthoine Hubert

    • @davidgrieve4942
      @davidgrieve4942 5 лет назад +7

      if you want to see an full unbiased documentary search Netflix for 24 hour war watched it directly after going to see the excellent

  • @yespls7155
    @yespls7155 5 лет назад +429

    I just came here after watching the movie

  • @Tommy-gv8il
    @Tommy-gv8il 5 лет назад +1236

    Who's here after the movie Ford v Ferrari?

  • @pmhwong
    @pmhwong 5 лет назад +106

    There he is, Ken Miles! 17:52

    • @travislogan1892
      @travislogan1892 5 лет назад +6

      Philip W the guy wearing the glasses was ken

    • @nintendo9231889
      @nintendo9231889 4 года назад

      Was the door really stuck? Or was it on the right side?

    • @gpdude22
      @gpdude22 4 года назад +4

      And Carroll Shelby dead center of screen at 18:02.

    • @johnxina4860
      @johnxina4860 4 года назад

      nintendo9231889 it’s right hand drive

  • @commanderfreaky
    @commanderfreaky 4 года назад +14

    Ken Miles must be remembered forever! Death was a high probability for racers during those years. These guys were true warriors!

  • @oz2strokeman116
    @oz2strokeman116 3 года назад +24

    This is a fabulous film. Loaded with atmosphere, every aspect through the entire 24 hour period. Particularly the other world supporting the entire circus running in parallel with the race.

  • @auzankharisma6179
    @auzankharisma6179 4 года назад +42

    “The door won’t close”

  • @brianmoylan1671
    @brianmoylan1671 5 лет назад +15

    This is old school gold.
    I've got beer, scotch and t-bones to assist in soaking up the automotive culture !
    What a first class doco.

    • @Where_is_Waldo
      @Where_is_Waldo 3 года назад

      ...except the part where they gloss over the whole point of the movie, how the car's design couldn't have been competitive without Ken Miles' input, how no ford would have beaten the last remaining Ferrari without Ken Miles forcing the Ferrari's driver to push the Ferrari car past it's limit and break down by out driving the Ferrari, and how Ken Miles actually had to slow down to let the other fords catch up. Basically, Ken Miles rightfully won that race for ford three different ways and ford wouldn't even give him credit so I gotta disagree about the first class doco point. I'd say that was a low class move by ford. I mean it's a ford documentary, so as fun as it was to watch, it's obviously biased. It's just good those points were finally made in a meaningful way.... and the movie turned out great - probably the best car/racing flick of all time.

  • @Pulsonar
    @Pulsonar 6 лет назад +28

    I realise all these years later how spoiled I was just watching these speed machines on black and white TV as a child: GT40 - Fords greatest ever sportscar, gorgeous Ferrari P3 (No. 27 Ginther/Rodriguez car @ 6:17-6:24), Jim Halls, Chapparal 2D, row after row of Alpine A210s, as well as the early Porsche prototypes (906/6) that were to dominate the world of Sportscars at the end of the 60s, after the dust had settled between Ford and Ferraris mighty tussle. Yes, this was the golden age of this hallowed category of motorsport, without a doubt.

    • @larryturner3260
      @larryturner3260 6 лет назад +1

      Cool! But you were lucky, I had to wait 90 days or so and read about it in R&T. I must admit, those printed articles were magical. I love video but a well written description does wonders for the imagination.

  • @akpaul2014
    @akpaul2014 5 лет назад +133

    The ending was so emotional. Really feeling so sorry about Miles. He was the man who beat Ferrari and in the last moment old Enzo was also respect him but Henry Ford 2 who were busy with his wife and Bruce Mclaren.

    • @TheAstrojoe62
      @TheAstrojoe62 5 лет назад +26

      Not historically accurate though. Enzo wasn't even there. Liberties were taken to make a more interesting movie. I'm cool with that but not everyone was at odds with each other to the degree that is depicted in the movie.

    • @ivanjulian2532
      @ivanjulian2532 5 лет назад +18

      @@TheAstrojoe62 agreed, yes, it was a bit like Apollo 13. Liberties were taken to improve the drama which didn't happen in real life - for example the scene where the 3 astronauts started going at each other's throats as to who caused the major oxy tank explosion. According to Jim Lovell it never happened. Same deal in the Ford/Ferrari movie... the Ferrari's were completely out of the hunt by 3am, all gone, kaput. There was no great dice with Bandini for the lead. And indeed it was Bruce McLaren who was leading handsomely going into Hour 21 who voluntarily slowed to make the dead heat happen. Miles caught him and refused to slow down, creating an artificial lead for himself. Once you know that, you can understand why Miles slowed down in the final hour and then deliberately hit the picks with 100m to the finish and let Bruce go across the line clearly in first place by 2 car lengths. They were all Shelby-American teammates, and Miles and McLaren drove in the same GT40 Mark II in the 1965 race. And that was an inaccuracy in the film too. Miles was never punted for 1965, he raced in 65 and 66. He was on extremely good terms with Bruce McLaren.

    • @TheAstrojoe62
      @TheAstrojoe62 5 лет назад +5

      @@ivanjulian2532 right. I think what we forget in cinema is that it is a visual story telling medium. Visuals often have to speak where dialog would take too long so we get things like them having a fist fight or Enzo being at the track physically. Plus there is a story being told and day to day life rarely has a nice neat beginning, middle and an end. My hope is they catch the essence of the men and the event not the literal historic event itself. I understand that going in and it usually drives me to find the real story. Both I find fascinating and enjoy.

    • @franmcgowan4068
      @franmcgowan4068 5 лет назад +10

      Good story, but historical accuracy? Nope.

    • @cyrusvirus6928
      @cyrusvirus6928 5 лет назад

      good job on that spoiler snowden

  • @johnstirling6597
    @johnstirling6597 10 месяцев назад +6

    Watched an interview with Chris Amon about this race. His view was that the car that he and Bruce McLaren were driving was way ahead of the Miles car when the instruction came through for the dead heat, they ,(Amon/McLaren) slowed down, Miles caught up and kept racing , but whatever happened they crossed the line first.

    • @mvies77
      @mvies77 8 месяцев назад +2

      Those seconds to run to the cars hurt Miles. History was pretty much set down by many as one version, the Miles won version, and it was stolen from him by McLaren.

    • @Voodoo_Robot
      @Voodoo_Robot Месяц назад

      25:16 and onward you can clearly see they don’t race anymore, instead they go pretty slow. And later you can see Miles finished second. I think the whole story as presented in the movie and articles is a fabrication. What i think actually happened was they promised Miles he can win next year, that way they could keep him interested in the development. And he agreed. He is clearly second.

  • @GeezLuisMan
    @GeezLuisMan 8 лет назад +37

    And they did it again 50 years later. Thank you for this upload. :-)

    • @Aotearoa_Kiwi
      @Aotearoa_Kiwi 5 лет назад +1

      The first Ford GT finished 18th in 2016.

    • @ColinLenznerD1337
      @ColinLenznerD1337 5 лет назад +4

      @@Aotearoa_Kiwi overall, but won the GTE Pro class, which is the top class for GTE cars.

    • @Aotearoa_Kiwi
      @Aotearoa_Kiwi 5 лет назад +5

      @@ColinLenznerD1337 Sure understand that, however 1966 was a race win. 2016 was only a class win. Excellent result, but not quite the same as overall victory. Would like to see a Ford victory again in the future, but that could only happen if Le Mans resorts to GT classes only.

    • @priscillaasagiri4913
      @priscillaasagiri4913 5 лет назад

      @@Aotearoa_Kiwi Well if the name of the game was "Ford can build a sports car that can win LeMans", to me it's a win. Even Ferrari didn't have a LMP car running for them.

  • @artyz3242
    @artyz3242 5 лет назад +33

    Just watched the Le mans 66 at theater and it was bloody awesome!

    • @Antoha2724
      @Antoha2724 5 лет назад +1

      Best film I think

    • @artyz3242
      @artyz3242 5 лет назад

      @@Antoha2724 Its atleast my top5 movies. Everything was just so damn perfect and the acting was great!

    • @marceloho1984
      @marceloho1984 5 лет назад

      Bloody Heaven!

  • @unionrdr
    @unionrdr 8 лет назад +59

    Ah, glory days. I remember this one. I was perk as a ruttin' buck that Ford had drilled Ferrari once more. But boy, was that Ferrari P4 beautiful in it's time.

    • @radlettblue
      @radlettblue 7 лет назад +5

      it would have been the Ferrari P3 in 1966. The P4 was introduced in 1967.

    • @cliffordbobeck6072
      @cliffordbobeck6072 7 лет назад

      radlettblue n

    • @TestingPyros
      @TestingPyros 5 лет назад +1

      I never really liked the look of the p4. But, some do, so that's all that matters. ;)

    • @iinerd
      @iinerd 5 лет назад

      Ferrari DRILLED those Yankee back in Daytona '67!!

  • @crooney82
    @crooney82 7 месяцев назад +1

    A true inflection point in Western Society and in the motor car, in many ways it’s all been downhill since 1970. You look at all the beautiful healthy people having fun and enjoying the simple pleasures in life and mixed in are these insane sports endurance cars doing modern day speeds. Amazing. Loved watching this.

  • @whyalwaysme2522
    @whyalwaysme2522 8 лет назад +12

    A 24day in the race. Thank you for this lovely vintage video. Ppl were more relax and is all a big family party

  • @granturismomh
    @granturismomh 5 лет назад +10

    Automobile racing history including Ford GT40 are really cool. I remembered reading about Henry Ford II fight Enzo Ferrari fire with fire at the Le Mans with mid engine race car: the Ford GT40.

  • @MrBokertov
    @MrBokertov 5 лет назад +3

    That lovely 60s' touch.. . A French guy speaks about pétanque in English with a strong French accent... priceless! People selling newspapers on Sunday morning - in hindsight it looks so outdated now all is digital. A mass is celebrated on the compound. I was a 7-year old kid then. My buddies and I were already learning the names of the cars and the drivers... This world has changed so much... I'd like to turn the clock back.

  • @ericmeechglobalnetwork2273
    @ericmeechglobalnetwork2273 6 лет назад +6

    such fantastic machines. great footage, thank you!

  • @CHUUMPASS
    @CHUUMPASS 5 лет назад +1

    great footage ! it really takes you back in time all the way to 1966 spectacle when Ford whooped Ferrari at LeMans. beautiful !

  • @costum04studio84
    @costum04studio84 5 лет назад +30

    "The Car go faster, anything surrounding it goes slower"

  • @The_Doug124
    @The_Doug124 5 лет назад +1

    This is such an awesome balance of the raw racing and the charades behind the scenes, i.e. the focus on the fans. It shows how massive of a race this was, in its prime. Someone get me behind the wheel of one of those damn beauties.

  • @SteamKing2160
    @SteamKing2160 7 лет назад +58

    Ken Miles: Thanks for bringing the Ford to victory.

    • @ernietheattorneycom
      @ernietheattorneycom 6 лет назад +19

      SteamKing2160-spot on about Ken Miles and amen. More than anyone, Miles engineered and then drove the GT40 to victory. He followed orders, got screwed, dutifully went back to work and then got killed 60 days later while advancing the same cause. He gets so little credit or recognition. He was a man amongst men........

    • @MBCGRS
      @MBCGRS 5 лет назад +6

      Here is me thinking it was Bruce McLaren & Chris Amon who won the race...

    • @gokaisilver3801
      @gokaisilver3801 5 лет назад +3

      @@MBCGRS only because of the most technical of technicalities

    • @MBCGRS
      @MBCGRS 5 лет назад +4

      @@gokaisilver3801 Mate watch the entire last lap. Its on RUclips. Miles lets McLaren lead cause he knew he was running second.. Ford robbed Miles of a chance to race McLaren to the end. It was Fords idea to slow McLaren and have the tied finish. Giving Miles the triple crown and McLaren the win. Everybody happy. But they messed up the rule... Dont think Miles was in front. He wasn't... Chris Amon wrote in Motorsport magazine (June 2007) that without FORD interference thay would have EASILY won...

    • @slyane7320
      @slyane7320 5 лет назад +2

      No,Ford slowed McLaren...Ken Miles WON LeMans...PERIOD!!!?

  • @DMWBN3
    @DMWBN3 5 лет назад +1

    I flew to Le Mans via private jet from Shoreham , Sussex with 7-8 other business associates.
    Great dat out. The roar of the cars 🚗 flying past is immense.
    This was in around 2004/5.

  • @Mark-nl1up
    @Mark-nl1up 5 лет назад +94

    Tou all screwes Ken Miles. Not cool. Ford owes his family

    • @Techn9cian123
      @Techn9cian123 4 года назад +1

      Ford wanted all three cars to finish together so it would make a great photo (it did) and sell a bunch of cars. The Le Mans judges didn’t appreciate Ford’s publicity stunt so they ruled McLaren had won because he started further back in the grid and thus covered the greater distance during the race. It was a bs move by the french FIA. They didn’t like the rude Americans winning their precious race. It wasn’t Ford’s fault.

  • @TwoThreeFour
    @TwoThreeFour Год назад +1

    Can't believe this is 480p! This video is so smooth!

  • @paxwallacejazz
    @paxwallacejazz 7 лет назад +20

    I was 6 in 66 every time I saw a Ford gt I was in lust. It was like a peek into the future a frikin ufo

    • @wolfliou3678
      @wolfliou3678 6 лет назад +2

      paxwallacejazz exactly like me.i was 7,and i was there,à part à magic of childhood

    • @tonybucca5667
      @tonybucca5667 6 лет назад +2

      I was 14...I felt the SAME!

    • @sonicstep
      @sonicstep 6 лет назад

      In terms of 'birth' years, I was -3 in 1966

    • @alanhardman2447
      @alanhardman2447 5 лет назад

      @@sonicstep - Well, then, I'd say you were three years old... I gather you think you're an old soul... 😂😂😂

  • @robcarey2411
    @robcarey2411 5 лет назад +13

    22:43 Good ole Graham Hill. Classy as ever, such a legend

    • @MrNo-dc2wp
      @MrNo-dc2wp 4 года назад

      Who was graham hill???

    • @eriksantoso1741
      @eriksantoso1741 3 года назад +3

      @@MrNo-dc2wplegendary racing driver the mr monaco, f1 world champion twice,the triple crown of motorsports.And the father of f1 world champions 1996 damon hill.

    • @MrNo-dc2wp
      @MrNo-dc2wp 3 года назад

      @@eriksantoso1741 Thanks bro

    • @maxmulsanne7054
      @maxmulsanne7054 2 года назад

      Also winner of the 1966 Indianapolis 500, and 1972 Le Mans.

  • @camerongreenwoodcrampakacgc.
    @camerongreenwoodcrampakacgc. Год назад +1

    1966. The best Le Mans ever and my all time favourite.

  • @mvies77
    @mvies77 4 года назад +23

    Ken Miles heartbreaking loss to McClaren is just tragic. McClaren should have taken the trophy and walked straight up to Mules and handed it to him if he had had one ounce of decency or sense of fair play. Miles humility in reducing his speed and waiting for the others to catch up just for a photo shoot and the team was one of the greatest selfless actions in racing history.

    • @michaelmorahan57
      @michaelmorahan57 8 месяцев назад

      why was the no2 ford car painted black and silver ? that was the racing colours of new zealand which carol shelby ordered done out of respect for the 2 drivers of no2 ford bruce mclaren NZ chris amon NZ

  • @MelissaAndersonTheFutureLegend
    @MelissaAndersonTheFutureLegend 5 лет назад +3

    Feels like I am there. Thanks for the video !

  • @beagle7622
    @beagle7622 4 года назад +1

    Let’s see I was 9, in my 60’s now. I still remember this race. The MK11’s just blew me away even though I never saw one . Saw a Gulf GT40 in the 70’s was able to get a good look at it.A beautiful car.

  • @rickintexas1584
    @rickintexas1584 Год назад

    The pageantry and spectacle of the event is so much fun to watch. I wonder where all those people are today.

  • @josejose9921
    @josejose9921 5 лет назад +2

    Thank you Ken miles

  • @DrewidDesktop
    @DrewidDesktop 5 лет назад +2

    Just watched the new film ... Christian Bale is brilliant as Ken Miles and Jason Bourne is brilliant as Matt Damon. Thanks for posting such a great clip.

  • @dylerclassicsportscarsfors5008
    @dylerclassicsportscarsfors5008 5 лет назад +4

    One of the most interesting stories in the racing world.

    • @The_Doug124
      @The_Doug124 5 лет назад

      Dyler Classic & Sports Cars for Sale I’ve been a die hard just NASCAR fan, but I find Le Mans and especially the FvF penile measuring contest the most amazing story in all of Motorsport. How glad I am to have given those “fruity European (no offense)” Motorsports another chance.

  • @dinorossi6611
    @dinorossi6611 5 лет назад +1

    Great footage .. it is hard to believe that WWII was just 20 years prior to that race and those magnificent cars. I got to meet some of those still living mechanics.

    • @gianlozano102
      @gianlozano102 4 года назад

      Felt like I was in '66 when I watched this gem

  • @roberthegyi2191
    @roberthegyi2191 5 лет назад +18

    The real hero only Ken Miles !!!

  • @dondup4137
    @dondup4137 5 лет назад +45

    Here after saw the movie trailer..

  • @dancalmpeaceful3903
    @dancalmpeaceful3903 2 года назад

    Interesting film......loved seeing the old (classic) race cars. I still shudder about the documentary I've seen on '55...wow.

  • @J.M.-nb4gw
    @J.M.-nb4gw 5 лет назад +10

    At 1:59 the Ford #1 car driven by Ken Miles was almost clipped at the start!

  • @CRB1971
    @CRB1971 5 лет назад +3

    Le Mans is the greatest sporting spectacle on Earth. Period.

  • @kimwarfield6320
    @kimwarfield6320 5 лет назад

    I have been going to races since 2nd grade, I am 58. It boggles my mind why people go to a race then don't watch it. The only time I am not watching once it starts is if I am in the pits or in the back with the mechanics. I have never been to an endurance race but have taped or watched every Leman since speed Tv started covering them and before that. It is one of my favorite movies also.

  • @pastorearl1
    @pastorearl1 6 лет назад +6

    Thank you very much for this wonderful video. I remember as a young child watching it on Wide World of Sports. I think they had it in '66. I wonder if one of the drivers speaking was Sam Posey? It certainly sounded like him. Also wondered how the driver fared who was in the accident with the fire. Anyway, splendid stuff.

  • @falanfilanoglu4143
    @falanfilanoglu4143 5 лет назад +71

    FORD MADE VERY BIG MISTAKE.
    Ken Miles

    • @waynedharsan5288
      @waynedharsan5288 5 лет назад +2

      Falan Filanoğlu it wasn’t ford that done that ... Shelby screwed Ken !!! It was All Shelbys idea even though he knew Ken would of had the triple crown.. Watch Shelbys last interview he apologized to the world 20 years later . Sack of shite you are Shelby !!

    • @aronbeast7
      @aronbeast7 5 лет назад +15

      @@waynedharsan5288 Hey atleast do your homework right! It was indeed Lee Beebe the vice-president of Ford at time who suggested that Miles should slow down and so Shelby was directed to ask miles and so he regretted asking him that...

    • @shehzad2519
      @shehzad2519 4 года назад

      @@aronbeast7 shelby and lee beebe, both were a holes still. Doesn't matter, Shelby gave Ken false hope

    • @upwaveflash8429
      @upwaveflash8429 4 года назад

      @@waynedharsan5288 dude he say apologize for a reason
      are you feel guilty for your best friend when you cannot help him or her do you blame yourself like shelby ?

  • @michaelhazen3153
    @michaelhazen3153 2 года назад +1

    According to Carrol Shelby it was his idea to have all the Ford's cross the line at the same time, not Henry Ford 2. He said there was no rule for a tie breaker so the LeMans officials came up with the furthest distance traveled. So it was Shelby that slowed Miles down according to his own words and he said he's still sorry. This is an interview when he was much older. He wanted to beat Enzo Ferrari, who he disliked intensely it seems, worse than he'd ever been beaten (slightly paraphrasing). This'll of course was an interview when he was old. It's an interview over an hour long and it's on RUclips. It's worth noting that McLaren crossed the finish line first as you'll see near the end of this video. This is a discrepancy that I can't overlook. If McLaren finished 1st then the LeMans officials never had to make any decision.

  • @sachinpatra6846
    @sachinpatra6846 5 лет назад +1

    Ken Miles......... definitely legends go down the memory lane

  • @anthonybarnett6828
    @anthonybarnett6828 5 лет назад +15

    It is sad to realize all those lovely young women are all old enough to be my mother and I am 55 years old.

    • @label1877
      @label1877 5 лет назад +1

      55? Wow, and you seem to still have all your senses. Do you still dress yourself without assistance?

    • @donnarolando3961
      @donnarolando3961 2 года назад +1

      @@label1877 Don't worry you will get there faster than you think, time waits for no one jr.

  • @adventuresonic4675
    @adventuresonic4675 5 лет назад +1

    The Gt40 & p3 are such gorgeous machines❤✨

  • @afonyahonda
    @afonyahonda 2 года назад +1

    Kem Miles and Caroll Shelby are LEGENDS!

  • @sheikhnafiz3544
    @sheikhnafiz3544 2 года назад +2

    Respect for ken Miles.. an under rated legend!

  • @paxwallacejazz
    @paxwallacejazz 7 лет назад +12

    I like the image of the prototypes totally out running the helicopter on that mulsane straight.

  • @bradjackson160
    @bradjackson160 7 лет назад +8

    McQueen owes a lot to this film.

    • @MichaelOZimmermannJCDECS
      @MichaelOZimmermannJCDECS 5 лет назад

      McQueen is dead, but this film reminds me a lot of the movie, or should it be the other way around...

  • @ryanc00p3r3
    @ryanc00p3r3 5 лет назад +36

    This 1966 Le Mans Race isn't even a race? This is War...
    A War between a Pasta Freaks against a American Yankees...
    Ferrari vs Ford, very beautiful Historic and Brutal race war.

  • @anandu67
    @anandu67 8 лет назад +3

    Great video....great car!!

  • @peterl3165
    @peterl3165 6 лет назад +4

    Grate video thank you

  • @paxwallacejazz
    @paxwallacejazz 7 лет назад +3

    Great jazzy score

  • @vivostubes
    @vivostubes 4 года назад

    Awesome footage!!!

  • @bassaholicpong
    @bassaholicpong 8 лет назад +77

    James May sent me here.

  • @lkl1182
    @lkl1182 8 лет назад +3

    Great video - thanks !

  • @ticote16
    @ticote16 7 лет назад +13

    les 24 heures du Mans........plus qu'une course......le Mans forever!!!

  • @marguskiis7711
    @marguskiis7711 7 лет назад +4

    What band is rocking at 10:11 so the boys of 1966 are moshpiting so hard?

  • @SpocksBro
    @SpocksBro 7 лет назад +20

    Suppose you'd be cursed to relive a certain period of your choosing infinitely. What period would you want to live in? I'd go for 1966-1970, great cars, hippies, drugs, sexual revolution, sex and rock'n roll, Woodstock etc.

  • @timeforadventure2808
    @timeforadventure2808 4 года назад

    Wonderful scenes

  • @kellienicolebrooksschettin6598
    @kellienicolebrooksschettin6598 5 лет назад

    Thanks for posting the great video,I race all kinds of bikes,and cars and now go karts....so anything with racing totally coowall.....

  • @thomassmala.8919
    @thomassmala.8919 3 года назад +2

    I'll remember, Ken Miles is the real legend.

  • @LucDesaulniers1
    @LucDesaulniers1 5 лет назад +8

    You people should watch the 24 hours of LeMans with Steve McQueen !

    • @TVS577
      @TVS577 5 лет назад +1

      Luc Desaulniers I’ve watched it so many times I’m on my 6th copy. The other 5 are worn to hell. Great movie!

  • @Gipp7_0923
    @Gipp7_0923 5 лет назад +1

    I’m here because I’m a fan of racing but yeah the movie was good.
    Also rip Ken you are still missed.

  • @rodrigoguimaraes1432
    @rodrigoguimaraes1432 2 года назад +1

    Miles was a truth winner that Grand Prix of Le Mans.

  • @edwardbates739
    @edwardbates739 5 лет назад +1

    18:05 any idea what is being pumped in, brake fluid?

  • @adventuresonic4675
    @adventuresonic4675 4 года назад +1

    I only came here to see the unsung hero himself & the beautiful GT40 mk2.

  • @D.Ashlaw117
    @D.Ashlaw117 2 года назад +1

    What a time to be alive. So simple, wish I could’ve experienced it. But I was born 31 years too late lol

    • @cgleisberg3355
      @cgleisberg3355 Год назад

      I was 3 in 66...I live at 6 miles of the circuit. After living 15years in OKLAHOMA

  • @cameragod1
    @cameragod1 5 лет назад +8

    Ford v Ferrari was a good movie but I remember shooting a few interviews with the late great Chris Amon on the race and despite being a typically humble New Zealander you could tell he was a bit pissed at the whole "Ken Miles was robbed" story that the film repeats. The truth is Amon and McLaren were well ahead of everyone at Le Mans in 1966 and only a few hours from winning the race when Ford told everyone in Ford cars to take it easy for the final part of the race. Running a distant third Miles ignored the instruction and soon took the lead. When they finally got the message for all cars to finish together, something Ferrari had been doing in previous races, Miles finally slowed down so they could do it.
    McLaren, for whatever reason, gave the car a burst just as they crossed and was clearly over the line first, so the whole no 2 car traveled and extra 8 meters, part of the story was irrelevant.

    • @Aotearoa_Kiwi
      @Aotearoa_Kiwi 5 лет назад +3

      Absolutely correct. Chris often told that story, and even Denny Hulme confirmed that the #2 McLaren/Amon was the true winner. And Ken Miles knew that he was running second. Why else would he position his car in second place during the last lap (see 24.40 onwards), and allow McLaren to lead to the finish line.

    • @beagle7622
      @beagle7622 5 лет назад +2

      Miles was backing off from what I see, down that final shot from the helicopter. The fact is he did not slow down & passed the guys that did. It also looks like he slows just before the line Bruce’s speed was constant. Bruce, Chris & Dennis Hulme were 3 formidable drivers.thats why they were driving Shelby’s cars. Denny was the 1967 F1 World Champion for goodness sake not some second rate driver, hired on the cheap. Denny & Bruce dominated the Can Am series until Bruce was killed. This is wrong there should be a statement put out on the film that there were team orders put out around 11 am telling the cars to slow down which was either missed or ignored by Ken Miles. Bruce McLaren had a family imagine being dragged through this.after all these years.

  • @tonnywildweasel8138
    @tonnywildweasel8138 6 лет назад

    Thanks for sharing man!

  • @Aotearoa_Kiwi
    @Aotearoa_Kiwi 5 лет назад +3

    Thirteen GT40s competed in 1966 ... Ford was certainly desperate to win the 24-Hour race.

    • @Steve_I
      @Steve_I 4 года назад

      And Ferrari had 14 lol

  • @kellienicolebrooksschettin6598
    @kellienicolebrooksschettin6598 5 лет назад

    Nice footage...I like how cars are just left out there...

  • @martindevino8156
    @martindevino8156 5 лет назад +1

    just watched the movie... have a much, much greater appreciation for my dads Ford GT now

  • @misterhaze5795
    @misterhaze5795 5 лет назад +14

    RIP Chris Amon and Bruce McLaren. Top New Zealanders!

    • @68air
      @68air 5 лет назад +4

      OMG you forgot the real race winner Denny Hulme also from NZ!!!

    • @J.M.-nb4gw
      @J.M.-nb4gw 5 лет назад

      Fuck McLaren, he should have given the trophy to Miles

    • @michaelmorahan57
      @michaelmorahan57 9 месяцев назад

      Look up the interview with chris amon it is on you tube

  • @earleecl
    @earleecl 5 лет назад +19

    Poor Ken Miles

  • @Jhayzer021
    @Jhayzer021 3 года назад +1

    This is not just a race, its a freakin' party.

  • @JulioHernandez-zs5pb
    @JulioHernandez-zs5pb 3 года назад

    Wonderful

  • @Requiredfields2
    @Requiredfields2 5 лет назад +1

    Looks like fun. I want to go there.

  • @francis5198
    @francis5198 4 года назад

    their fashon back those days was so classy

  • @heamees4822
    @heamees4822 5 лет назад +2

    Not as impressive as Fords domination, but it's worth noting that 5 out of the 7 Porsches finished with only 1 retiring due to a mechanical failure during the last hour, which is crazy result for that time (in contrast 3 of the 13 GT40s finished).

    • @beagle7622
      @beagle7622 5 лет назад

      Then came the 1300cc Alpine about 5 or 6 of them. They were doing 150 plus remarkable from an OHV engine.

  • @greggybada
    @greggybada Год назад +1

    ken miles was actually 1 lap ahead before the finish, but ford people made the race officials remove 1 lap from the car before the race ended, that's why he let the #2 car pass him because he knew #1 car was leading...

  • @aldilanobryan
    @aldilanobryan 5 лет назад +7

    Here after saw the movie ford v ferrari 😃

  • @kellienicolebrooksschettin6598
    @kellienicolebrooksschettin6598 5 лет назад

    Yeah that a crazy situation and veteran drivers should be wise and most cautious when a triple pass is going on specially with a car on its heals...making finishing a priority...

  • @geneobrien8907
    @geneobrien8907 5 лет назад +3

    More like a home movie than a documentary!

  • @hoghogwild
    @hoghogwild 3 года назад +1

    The Ford race cars were known a "GT-40", the road legal car that looks like the GT-40 is named the Ford GT. The road legal cars are NOT GT-40s.

  • @chapmyers9272
    @chapmyers9272 Год назад

    Kinda gotta wonder what’s the sideshow and which is the main event. Except the flaming fatal accidents of course.

  • @paxwallacejazz
    @paxwallacejazz 7 лет назад

    Like the sophisticated cool jazzy sound track

  • @JS2BF
    @JS2BF 4 года назад

    Watching this makes me miss events when ppl gathered and had a good time with out masks and having to worry about dying

  • @mervharvey9647
    @mervharvey9647 5 лет назад +3

    19:20 at this point you can hear the loudspeaker advising the racing positions in the morning with about 6 hours to run and car 2 is clearly the leader ahead of car 1 so McLaren had caught and passed Miles just as Amon said in this video ruclips.net/video/fhiWRTDZ7-E/видео.html . So I don't think Ken Miles was robbed and it is probably why he had dropped back a bit at the finish being honourable and letting McLaren keep his rightful place.

  • @manray10ify
    @manray10ify 4 года назад

    Well done Ken. Everyone respects you. RIP

  • @griffinsamuel6486
    @griffinsamuel6486 4 года назад

    Crazy how there are still virtually no safety guards compared to when the tragedy happened, and people are still very close to the track.

  • @Skillbombe
    @Skillbombe 4 года назад

    At 3:13 there is a german soldier at the right hand site of the screen.

  • @khelrock8644
    @khelrock8644 5 лет назад +1

    Ken Miles Is Legends Of Ford Gt40 He Is The True Winner