Le Mans 1955 accident: Raw footages of the crash in HD (Read description)

Le Mans 1955 accident raw footages. This accident was captured at least on four different cameras and angles. I have read a lot of reports on this accidents, but after analyzing those raw footages by myself I found a lot of those reports were inaccurate.
-- First shoot is from an amateur camera. Film is broken at the last picture. It has been said that the cameraman has been injured or killed. This shoot was long lost (or hidden)... When film shown at normal speed, it is obvious that Pierre Levegh had no chance to avoid the collision. It also shows that Lance Macklin had almost lost control of his Austin. He went to his left much more than needed to avoid Hawthorn who was braking for pitting.
-- Second shoot is the most famous. It mainly shows how parts of the car where thrown into the public.
-- Third shoot is from the top of the pits. On the very first frames, it shows how the Mercedes actually fell into the crowd and bounced over the fence again to finaly stop and explose next to the track. This is something I wasn't aware of and descovered by watching the document frame by frame. It also shows the engine, front axle and pilot catapulted out of the car.
The fourth one was captured in color but is shown here in a black and white version. It mainly shows Maclin's Austin bouncing in the pits, killing and injuring people on the right side of the track.

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• 1955
• Le
• Mans
• crash
• accident

[lewishamiltonchamp09]

So the car hit a wall and parts flew off and hit the crowd, right? Then it blew up

[johannes914]

@lewishamiltonchamp09 Yes. The car was airborn and actually fell in the spectators zone. Then the Mercedes hit a concrete wall with the bottom of the chassis. This is when the engine, front axle and hood got separated from the rest of thecar. The remains of the car bounced and fell next to the track. This is when the gas tank broke and exploded.

[schon74]

FLD sent me here,

[johannes914]

@schon74 May I ask what FLD is ?

[The4wheelfreak]

@johannes914 FLD is "FastLaneDaily" the best car show in youtube! search them up youtube!

[johannes914]

@The4wheelfreak Thanks

[johannes914]

@nblBer you must be 16....

[elroyjsherwood]

the driver died and 82 people

[2ndAveLine]

Also, with the axle, you can clearly see the wheels attached. As for the hood, holy shit...flying guillotine is an understatement!!!

[2ndAveLine]

@Machiave11i I believe it's the engine block- it's the heaviest part, and tho the slower than the hood or axle, has the most inertia so will be harder to stop. In fact, you can see people ducking to try to avoid its path, but it mowed them down, literally "riding the wave" of human flesh, as if they were nothing. The 3rd footage is terrifying in its clarity!

[Rexart35]

@johannes914 HEY! am 16 and am know this was a disater to the driver and the audiance!!

[huSkYd00Dy]

83 people died 120 were injurde

[terratrema]

Did them deathed??

[N0T0RI0US555]

@cambiechan of wiki

"Austin-Healey, which was now skidding to the right of the track, across his path. Macklin then hit the pit wall and bounced back to the left, crossing the track again. He impacted the barrier near the location of the now burning 300 SLR, causing the death of another single spectator, although Macklin survived the incident without serious injury."