Racing Through Time-Jaguar & Les Mans [DVD]

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• Type: DVD
• Language(s): english

JAGUAR FROM IT'S FOUNDING IN 1922, THROUGH THE WAR YEARS AND INTO RACING PROMINENCE WITH DEVELOPMENT OF THE LEGENDARY JAGUAR C-TYPE, THIS EPISODE TAKES AN INTIMATE LOOK AT THE RISE OF THE BRITISH INSTITUTION KNOWN AS JAGUAR. IMPORTANT FIGURES FROM THE COMPANY'S HISTORY, SUCH AS STAR RACER STERLING MOSS AND COMPETITION DIRECTOR RAYMOND "LOFTY" ENGLAND, GIVE UNIQUE INSIGHT INTO THE PRIDE AND PASSION THAT MADE JAGUAR A WORLDWIDE NAME. RUNNING TIME 60 MINUTES/DOCUMENTARY LES MANS THE NAME LES MANS CONJURES IMAGES OF CUTTING EDGE RACING MACHINES STREAKING THROUGH THE FRENCH COUNTRYSIDE DEEP INTO THE NIGHT. FROM IT'S BEGINNINGS IN 1923 THROUGH TO THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES, THIS EPISODE EXAMINES THE THRILLING HISTORY OF THE ULTIMATE TEST IN RACING, THE 24 HOUR BATTLE KNOWN AS LES MANS THAT PUSHES BOTH MAN AND MACHINE TO THEIR LIMITS.