Vive le Tour! Wonderful old film by Louis Malle

Graculus
Graculus Posts: 107
edited June 2013 in Pro race
Apologies if you have seen this before, but I have just watched this short made at the Tour in the early 1960s. In spite of the fact that I love cycling AND French films, I have never seen it before.

http://vimeo.com/21306164

It's about 18-20 mins. I haven't managed to track down the transcript yet but will add a link if I can find it.

(I have nothing better to this this afternoon, obviously :D )

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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    its four days before the Tour. What could be better use of time than hunting down old movies? :)
  • skylla
    skylla Posts: 758
    1962 TdF. Narrated by Jean Bobet. With subtitles:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3EHJjHP6yc [part 1]

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B6ZycaBelU [part 2]
  • Graculus
    Graculus Posts: 107
    Aahh! Hadn't spotted the subtitled version, but we were watching it in a French lesson so it would have been cheating.

    'Heir j'ai souffre tellement des fesses!' sounds much more poetic than 'Yesterday my butt really hurt'.
  • skylla
    skylla Posts: 758
    1962 in glorious colour as well. Nice eh.
  • Graculus
    Graculus Posts: 107
    The colour is superb, even on projected on the whiteboard in a classroom.

    I just love that era. The bikes are so elegant and the jerseys are great. Love the bit when they stop and go into a bar for beer!

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