6 Spectacular Car Crashes: Grand Prix Drivers | British Pathé

In this Pathé newsreel, ’THE THINGS THAT GO VROOOM!’, we take a look at a compilation of shocking car crashes of Grand Prix drivers throughout history. For Archive Licensing Enquiries Visit: Explore Our Online Channel For FULL Documentaries, Fascinating Interviews & Classic Movies: #BritishPathé #Tragedy #Disaster #Crash #Cars #Motorsports #Racing #GrandPrix Check out the Motorsport Accidents Newsreels used to make this video: Subscribe to the British Pathé YT Channel: THE THINGS THAT GO VROOOM! - MOTORSPORT MONTH ON BRITISH PATHÉ (JANUARY 2016): 6 Spectacular Crashes. In our latest “Mixed Reel“ video, we turn to some of the most shocking car crashes in the history of motorsport. Daring, glorious and sometimes tragic are the careers of these Grand Prix drivers: Jean de Suárez d’Aulan, Eddie Sachs, Dave MacDonald, Jo Schlesser, Pierre Levegh, Roy Salvadori & Bill Vukovich. Music: “Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (by Liszt)“ Standard YouTube License BRITISH PATHÉ’S STORY Before television, people came to movie theatres to watch the news. British Pathé was at the forefront of cinematic journalism, blending information with entertainment to popular effect. Over the course of a century, it documented everything from major armed conflicts and seismic political crises to the curious hobbies and eccentric lives of ordinary people. If it happened, British Pathé filmed it. Now considered to be the finest newsreel archive in the world, British Pathé is a treasure trove of 85,000 films unrivalled in their historical and cultural significance. British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.
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