Classic F1 footage

The seventies and eighties exist on VHS and/or DVD. In the eighties they started to make a dedicated tape for each season, but even the footage of the previous decade exists.

For starters check out ebay and: http://www.motorsportcollector.com/DVD70sF1.html

It gets really difficult if you're looking for stuff from the fifties and sixties because those races weren't as televised. Those years exist more in bits and pieces.

 

The have the season-in-review videos, and if you want more look into "Lap of the Gods" on DVD. I got it a couple months ago and it has a lot of nice extras on it with behind the scenes stuff. You'll definitely never get bored of it.

 

There is a new compilation out:

http://www.motorsportcollector.com/50YearsInCar.html

 

MUST BE YOUR LUCKY DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.dukevideo.com/Cars/VHS/FORMULA%20ONE/Events%201980%20to%201989.aspx

 

I believe Motorsportcollector is the official distributor for Duke from the Isle of Man. Or at least the place I go to when I look for this stuff in the US.

 

Some of these video's would be eye openers to the newer F1 fans. They could see the classic tracks before they were mutilated like hockenheim and the mistral straight.

Also close, fast competition like mansell and piquet, as teammates, passing each other at sliverstone;
http://www.dukevideo.com/Cars/VHS/FORMULA%20ONE/Events%201980%20to%201989/F1%201986%20British%20GP%20VHS.aspx

A classic course with a great story, nigel mansell's first win with his old man watching;
http://www.dukevideo.com/Cars/VHS/FORMULA%20ONE/Events%201980%20to%201989/F1%201985%20European%20GP%20VHS.aspx

Senna, the rain master;
http://www.dukevideo.com/Cars/VHS/FORMULA%20ONE/Events%201980%20to%201989/F1%201985%20Portuguese%20GP%20VHS.aspx

Great Stuff

 

I have the complete collection of Racing years on DVD from 1970 to 2004.... the only year I dont have ( yet ) is 1980... most of the DVD's have a complete recap of each race, but there are some (early 70's ) where the coverage was spotty.... but over all a very good investment if you really love Formula One... especially back when it seperated the men from the boys!

 

Very true.

And 1,000+ hp pencil rockets that were driven by real men.

It is funny to see in the other thread how people "discover" the famous Arnoux/Villeneuve battle. Well there was F1 before the nineties and it was glorious.

 

My wife bought me 'The History of the Grands Prix of Monaco 1929-1980 Vol1'
It is great and you see drivers you read about in Forza's Home Town Rivalry
series. I have Vhs and Beta tapes from the mid 80's. I have a request from an F-chatter that I have not been able to meet. He wants Senna's win at Monoco in the rain. It must be on Beta and my Beta is not working at the moment. I was able to provide Senna's interview when he was with Prost
at Mclaren.

stephen

 

Duke used to have the best collection of those videos, too bad they are not on DVD for those years.

 

And 1,000+ hp pencil rockets that were driven by real men.

It is funny to see in the other thread how people "discover" the famous Arnoux/Villeneuve battle. Well there was F1 before the nineties and it was glorious.


I agree... 1000 HP and very large Attachments...the cars then were really something brutal.... not like today's with all the G loading, but really you had to controll them... not much was auto... computer controlled.... not that today's drivers are not great ... they are, but they are not in the same mold!

and back in the day of Fangio and Hawthorne.... you were really crazy to drive at all, let alone wearing a tie!