The HAMB in France?

On an August morning in 1978, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch mounted a gyro-stabilized camera to the bumper of a Ferrari 275 GTB and had a friend, a professional Formula 1 racer, drive at breakneck20speed through the heart of Paris early in the morning . The film was limited for technical reasons to 10 minutes; the course was from Porte Dauphine , through the Louvre, to the Basilica of Sacre Coeur.

No streets were closed, for Lelouch was unable to obtain a permit.

The driver completed the course in about 9 minutes, reaching nearly 140 MPH in some stretches. The footage reveals him running real red lights, nearly hitting real pedestrians, and driving the wrong way up real one-way streets.

Upon showing the film in public for the first time, Lelouch was arrested. He has never revealed the iden***y of the driver, and the film went underground. If you haven't seen this before it is a cl***ic, if you have seen it I apologize, but it's still a cl***ic. Turn on your sound and enjoy.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqHrCLt3Geo

 

Just the sound is enough. But that was awesome.

 

Its pure luck that he didn't kill anybody.

 

wow. that's an awesome video. do we know the car? driver? is the sound dubbed in or not?

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C'était_un_rendez-vous

 

holy **** I need that guy's luck!!!!!!!!!

 

Crazy frenchman! !! It was a great tour of the city and alot of fun to ride along. thanks

 

This has come up here before, ryan even blogged about it I believe. You do realize if it weren't for the surrender monkeys, the HAMB might have never been?

 

i count 17 red lights and a stop sign. very dumb,but what a fu#*@ng rush to be in that car.the driver must have a huge set to pack around.

 

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=126230&highlight=claude+lelouch

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=106972&highlight=claude+lelouch