Bigger Picture

Deadliest Crash -
The 1955 Le Mans Disaster
Winner Best Documentary Reportage
Milan FICTS Mention D'Honneur 2009

Three years in the making in conjunction with the BBC. Using never seen before home movies, photos and eye witness accounts - this is the inside story of the world's biggest motorsport disaster.

- Unique colour cine film
- Eye witness accounts from the grandstands and the teams
- Unique colour still photographs

QUOTES 'Superb' Autosport 'A magnificently realised telling of a moment in motor racing history when beauty and recklessness, daring and danger, bravery and scandalous lack of concern for the wellbeing of its participants collided in one deadly cocktail.' Jim White, Daily Telegraph 'Knowing about the 1955 Le Mans tragedy is one thing, analysing and understanding it on this level is something else entirely.' 'Telling the story of the biggest tragedy in motor sports history needed an exceptionally skillful touch - and this film has it.' 'You might think there was no more to know, but you would be wrong.' Brian Laban 'Deeply moving and fascinating. The first-hand accounts of the tragedy are unforgettable.' Motor Sport 'Intriguing. Shocking. Engrossing material, sensitively handled' Vicky Parrott, Autocar	DEADLIEST CRASH THE 1955 LE MANS DISASTER It was destined to be the greatest endurance race of all time. Instead the 1955 Le Mans became the worst disaster in motor racing history. On June 11th on the home straight, Stirling Moss's co-driver Fangio, Pierre Levegh, Lance Macklin and future British World Champion Mike Hawthorn became embroiled in a disaster of unprecedented scale. At 6.26pm a Mercedes 300 SLR smashed into the crowd causing an unimaginable death toll. Many believe this incident ruined both Hawthorn and Macklin's lives. Deadliest Crash is the dramatic story of the day racing was changed forever. The carnage, seen through eye witness accounts, includes the stories of the survivors from the packed grandstands and members of the Mercedes and Jaguar teams at the heart of the disaster.

INTRODUCTORY OFFER DVD just £19.99 plus UK P&P To buy by telephone please ring 01706 347 357 **Last shipping day for Christmas Mon Dec 21st for UK first class, but it's not guaranteed, you know the Post Office as well as we do - we recommend you order much earlier to avoid disappointment. This film is available for public and private viewings for a fee. Team members are also available to present it and do Q and A sessions. You cannot show this DVD to a group without permission. This will be strictly enforced. Please e-mail info@big-pic.co.uk for details and costs
Photos courtesy of Dennis Chisholm, Paul Skilleter, and Nigel Webb.

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