Racing driver Jo Schlesser is killed in crash at French Grand Prix.
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Short Summary
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Description
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Data
- Film ID:
- 2061.15
- Media URN:
- 33057
- Group:
- Pathe newsreels
- Archive:
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 11/07/1968
- Sound:
- sound
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration:
- 00:01:26:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:42:42:00 / 01:44:08:00
- Canister:
- 68/56
Unknown user says
The race was held on 7 July 1968.
Car 30 seen spinning off is Vic Elford in a Cooper-BRM.
Schlesser's car burned so incredibly fiercely due to a full tank of fuel and because of its controversial magnesium-skinned monocoque.