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Community => Muppets Threads! (And Anything Else) => Topic started by: Danneaux on March 05, 2012, 11:03:50 AM

Title: My goodness! (amazing footage of Paris-Nice cycle race, 1937)
Post by: Danneaux on March 05, 2012, 11:03:50 AM

Hi All,

After the third time staring mouth-agape at this video, I thought it worth sharing. The Dutch-English Google translation reads...

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Images of the fifth edition of Paris-Nice in 1937. The cyclists defy their lives with bike and all of a railway to jump. The approaching steam train to get in the brakes ...

http://nos.nl/video/347081-1937-wielrenners-hinderen-stoomtrein.html

Yikes!  Scared the daylights out of me just watching....

Best,

Dan.

Title: Re: My goodness! (amazing footage of Paris-Nice cycle race, 1937)
Post by: jags on March 05, 2012, 12:14:41 PM

Nice one Dan think the rules have changed since ;D ;D
ah when men were men ;)

Title: Re: My goodness! (amazing footage of Paris-Nice cycle race, 1937)
Post by: stutho on March 05, 2012, 01:28:06 PM

Ekkk!  :o