F1 Videos
#1
Posted 18 January 2003 - 00:22
I prefer GP Races in video tapes cos the picture quality, of course !!
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#2
Posted 18 January 2003 - 09:27
#3
Posted 18 January 2003 - 09:48
#4
Posted 18 January 2003 - 14:43
Originally posted by Eric McLoughlin
The offiicial FOCA videos cover every GP from 1981 to the present. They are fairly easy to obtain.
interesting where to get them? i didn't find anything at dukevideo.com
#5
Posted 18 January 2003 - 15:22
#6
Posted 18 January 2003 - 16:00
I bought the 1982 season resume and soon I will buy the 1983 if I get satisfied, of course!!
But if anyone here have some F1 GP races in video tapes and wanna sell or send or whatever I'm completly free to negociate. I also have the original FOCA tape with car accidents till 1986, anyone saw it?
Btw, what's the Pathe News link ?? Any link with free downloads (good picture quality) will be good to receive.
#7
Posted 18 January 2003 - 16:10
Regarding the FOCA videos, the 1981 tape is pretty good (narrated by Simon Taylor) and the 1982 video is excellent (narrated very wittily by Clive James). The 1982 season was of course marred by two fatal accidents and these are treated with just the right amount of gravitas by Mr James. Unfortunately, the 1983 video soundtrack is disastrous with some New York accented lady asking dumb questions all the time. I don't know what posessed the producers when they were putting it together. It's a pity as the 1983 season was very exciting. Maybe this tape should be re-recorded witha new narration at some future date.
I can't comment on the 1984 and subsequent tapes as I've not seen them.
#8
Posted 18 January 2003 - 18:41
I love racing drivers
I Hate racing accidents...
Paul
#9
Posted 18 January 2003 - 19:38
Originally posted by paulhooft
I love racing cars,
I love racing drivers
I Hate racing accidents...
Paul
I totally, absolutely agree.
#10
Posted 18 January 2003 - 21:15
I have seen too many accidents,
some were very great men...
Long, long before Ayrton Senna,
that was...
Paul Hooft
#11
Posted 20 January 2003 - 00:15
I totally agree about the 1982 tape. 1985 is memorable for the race commentaries by the drivers (Prost, Piquet, Mansell, Senna, Alboreto, Rosberg, Johansson) and I seem to recall that 1989 has some really good in-car footage. I believe there isn't/won't be a video for the 2002 season because Bernie wanted too many $...Originally posted by Eric McLoughlin
Regarding the FOCA videos, the 1981 tape is pretty good (narrated by Simon Taylor) and the 1982 video is excellent (narrated very wittily by Clive James). The 1982 season was of course marred by two fatal accidents and these are treated with just the right amount of gravitas by Mr James. Unfortunately, the 1983 video soundtrack is disastrous with some New York accented lady asking dumb questions all the time. I don't know what posessed the producers when they were putting it together. It's a pity as the 1983 season was very exciting. Maybe this tape should be re-recorded witha new narration at some future date.
I can't comment on the 1984 and subsequent tapes as I've not seen them.
David.
#12
Posted 20 January 2003 - 00:46
I also have all of the 1980's F1 review tapes, 1982, 84 and 86 all have Clive James, and all are brilliant. He treats the Villeneuve/Paletti incedents with more than enough respect, and on the subject of the racing he is well informed and witty.
The 1985 tape is another good one, for it has Michele Alboreto, Nigel Mansell, Keke Rosberg, Ayrton Senna, Stefan Johannsen, Nelson Piquet and Alain Prost commentating, with Simon Taylor doing the introductions to each race. Senna's sections in particular are worth the price of the tape alone. The 87, 88 and 89 tapes are all also very good, with a lot of action and on board moments.
As for the 1983 tape, yes, it is a shame about the commentary. It ruins what is actually a pretty good collection of season highlights.
#13
Posted 20 January 2003 - 10:02
I have most of the FIA review tapes and I can say without hesitation that he is the most annoying commentator I have ever listened to. His commentary contained hardly any useful information at all just a constant string of puns. Listening to him say for the 500th time that Rosberg retired because he needed a smoke instead telling the viewer WHY he retired makes me want to fly to the UK and strangle him.
If you think Formula 1 is a 95% about Eddie Irvine jokes then these tapes are for you otherwise I'd recommend the 1988, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2001 tapes as all being excellent.
#14
Posted 20 January 2003 - 16:10