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From: - <invalid_address@nowhere.net> Subject: TdF, circa 1954 Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.racing, rec.bicycles.misc Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 16:05:33 GMT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net
For the Tour-history aficionados out there, there is some video (maybe 5 minutes worth) of the 1954 tour (with a scratchy sound track in French) at http://www.lemonde.fr. (Page down, then click on "video," in the column on the right, "L'été 1954 en video." It's a Pathé newsreel, covering August 5-8 of that year, and covers other subjects as well.)
The sound quality makes it a bit difficult to understand, but OTOH there isn't that much historical Tour footage out there, so perhaps some will be interested in this. (Always amusing to see the riders carrying spare tubes slung over the shoulders like bandoliers...)
Cheers,
AMG