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PostPosted: Wed Dec 01, 2021 11:49 pm 
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Here is an interesting video that I have not seen before of the Germans setting pre-WW2 speed records in a battle between Mercedes and Auto Union.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R63-hAOdeUw

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 02, 2021 9:38 am 
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Good video. Our German member Thor Link produced a full-length video documentary of the pursuit of the World LSR just last year. He covers this intense competition btwn Rosemeyer and Carraciola in detail, but also interviewed family members of American and British LSR holders as well.
The competition btwn Mercedes and AutoUnion (later Audi) was a matter of great national pride for Germans during the 1930s and after.

There is a memorial plaque to Rosemeyer at a point along the Autobahn btwn Darmstadt and Frankfurt in Hessen, which I intend to visit and photograph next year.

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 02, 2021 10:19 am 
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This is the documentary about the speed duels in the late 30ties
and the cause of Rosemeyer‘s death

https://youtu.be/cHOGKEWsp2c


This one is part two: the Land Speed Record story:

https://youtu.be/djZzTtLOr8A

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