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4:3 Full Frame
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital Stereo English
Dolby Digital Stereo
12 Interactive Chapters
An Illustrated Guide To Grand Prix Memorabilia
Yearly Account Of Key Facts And Statistics

Product Description

"How drivers such as Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart, James Hunt and Niki Lauder carved themselves a place in motor racing history, during the most exciting decades of modern Grand Prix. "

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Could do better, 20 Jan 2002

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A. Gulliver "absinthe_boy" (Luton, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Grand Prix - the Golden Years [DVD] (DVD)

For some this will be a valued introduction to 70's formula one, but many fans will instantly recongise this as yet another rehashing of the well known Brunswick footage from the 70's. Not that the film is bad in any way, but perhaps a double DVD set of the entire output of 30 minute seasonal films form 1970-80 would have been better than this cut down programme which runs 53 minutes and, let's face it, provides nothing new.

John Watson's linking narrative is fine as you'd expect from Wattie, but the 'commentary' on the archive sequences is at best stilted and at worse poor. Picture quality is up to scratch, certainly better than any VHS tape of this material. Extra features are a bit poor, but at under a tenner I didn't expect much.

Fair value, certainly worth it if you're interested in this period of motor racing but haven't seen the Brunswick films yet.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Deception, 6 Dec 2004

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Oscar Garc�a V�zquez - See all my reviews

This review is from: Grand Prix - the Golden Years [DVD] (DVD)

I'm interested in 70's F-1 and I've bought this DVD expecting some nice video footage and information. Well, none of those things are in this DVD.

The footage isn't too good. Most of the shots are taken from the pitlane and there's little action in them. You can find on the net more footage than in the DVD, some historic moments are missing also there aren't any onboard camera shots ( in those days existed, a few but existed ).

¡THEY DON'T TELL ANYTHING ABOUT THE TYRREL P-34, THE MATRA ENGINE OR NURBURGRING !

The sound is terrible, THE SAME BACKGROUND SOUND APPEARS DURING ALL THE DVD. No matter what images are, the sound is always the same.

Commentary are bad, fuzzy, tells very little information and John Watson's comment doesn't help.

Lack of statistical information about circuits, winners and cars also.

So I recommend not to buy it. At least is cheap.

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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars F1 in all its magnificence..., 19 Nov 2001

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I feel really great about having bought this DVD. I'm 24, and I'm afraid I have'nt had the chance to see much Formula 1 in the seventies. And that's a shame as it was surely the heights of the sport. Think about it: Fittipaldi, Andretti, Rindt, Villeneuve, Pironi, Lauda, Watson, Regazzoni...what a lot! And I just would'nt make justice to those brutally-powered-forget-downforce-cars in a short review, so I won't. This DVD provides you with a short overview of each year of the seventies decade, with initial comments from one of its actors: John Watson. He excells in giving you some insight as to how did Formula get to where it is today. And the footage is incredible! What I didn't like, however, was the poor quality of the sound. Sometimes there are engine noise samples repeated troughout. But believe me: its worth it, especially considering what you get from your money. Excellent buy.

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4.0 out of 5 stars not that bad, in fact very good!!!
I thought long and hard regarding the purchase of this DVD and decided to pay out the few quid its now being sold for. Read more

Published 4 months ago by kezzez

2.0 out of 5 stars Awful!
I grew up in the 70's and loved the F1 coverage I saw on TV, but this is an extremely poor record of the era. Read more

Published on 19 Oct 2009 by Alan 10

2.0 out of 5 stars Nothing more than a small look at 70's F1....
This DVD isn't really good at all. It's nothing more than a small insight into every year of the 1970's with good pictures but not a lot of information about that era of Formula... Read more