Part 5 - "Racing Reborn". A film depicting the world of automobile racing from 1940 - 1948. Original film is housed at the AACA Library & Research Center in Hershey, PA.
1945 and France was already hosting races. It's no different today. Look at COVID when lockdowns finally lifted. Tracks opened immediately. People just want to get on with life. I surved Hurricane Katrina and again we all got on with it as soon as humanly possible. This is truly great. So happy to see this film preserved. They used to play these in theaters.
Just imagine how much better these cars would have performed if they had today's race tires. To me, these sound so much better than today's formula 1 cars.
1945 and France was already hosting races. It's no different today. Look at COVID when lockdowns finally lifted. Tracks opened immediately. People just want to get on with life. I surved Hurricane Katrina and again we all got on with it as soon as humanly possible.
This is truly great. So happy to see this film preserved. They used to play these in theaters.
Just imagine if Shell made videos like this about 60's or 70's racing.
Just imagine how much better these cars would have performed if they had today's race tires.
To me, these sound so much better than today's formula 1 cars.
Sono d'accordo ma non so può andare contro il progresso
Simca cars had fiat parts and engine .
Thanks for saving these, I saw them first in the sixties when Shell Oil used to share them with sports car clubs.
Sir Stirling Moss before he was a star. R.I.P. Stirling
Love the drivers wearing shirts and ties, wonderful series.
What a great series, utterly absorbing. Thanks for posting.
The director Bill Mason is dad of tedious band drummer and Ferrari collector Nick Mason!
is he now . . . . .
Racing in a suit and tie.
ikr and when they win they hold their glass of water and drink quite elegantly.
Monza 🔥❤
I was there
Fantastic, thanks!