S4 Ep28: The Le Mans Motor Racing Disaster - 1955

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Sep 16, 201957:13Society & Culture

It’s 1955. It’s Le Mans, France and a quarter of a million people have turned out to watch one of the most boring sporting events on the planet - The Le Mans 24 Hour. In what rich, champagne-spraying playboys are already...

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