Tour de France 1953

[@MeesterJ]

Look how great the crowd behaves on the mountains!

[@iskiiwizz536]

Yeah, no fun, no energy, dead crowd

[@frankspeakmore7104]

I suppose I will never understand how tough and hard these cyclists were. Racing for hours on those bikes going uphill on unmade roads! This captures everything in a wonderful era in cycling, grit, determination, passion and respectful fans. Thank you for all the effort that must have gone into producing this, and black and white is the only format to see it in...

[@johnr8820]

Total badasses

[@Mrbfgray]

Tough to be sure but also national 'heroes' unlike cycling in the US. I was immersed in it as a child (was it Greg Lemond??...Eddy Merx was still big name), did a little tiny scale amateur racing, mid to late 1970's, it was a little clique of us in high school but I was almost the only one officially competing a few times. Lived on a bike into college.

[@frenchyroastify]

...except for the yellow jersey part.

[@KatBlskwn777]

I feel like I was there bro!

[@hermescontreras4205]

En ese año nací , 1953. Hoy tengo 72 años y todavía monto bici. El mejor deporte del mundo. Me doy el lujo de no tomar ningún medicamento. Gracias a Dios y a mi bicicleta. Amo el ciclismo es mi modo de vida. Saludos.

[@Siropdecapsuni-]

i m 17 years old , that actually other time that i never see, my grand father was there, that was so nice, i m glad that i saw that. thx for upload this .

[@chrisman4568]

This is amazing. Footage is unbelievable quality. Typically dry Dutch commentary as well.

[@trobnova]

1953, a pivotal year, still with the old rule of a rider could accept either a tire, or a naked rimmed wheel, thus determining the old jersey style of skinny back pockets to carry tubulars and the large front pockets for food, stimulants and the required comb for end of stage sprucing up for the cameras. Also the first year of the green Jersey. The shots of Coppi as a spectator was stunning since he was the defending tour champ from the year before, but didn't ride in 1953, (rumors that he didn't want to ride on an Italian National team with his rival Bartoli ). This film is a treasure.

[@Cyclingmasterseller]

Great points, you are quite observant regarding the Green jersey. Thank you for point that out, I'm 63 now and just learned that.

[@jonraha588]

Quelle époque, une étape de plus de 300km c'est titanesque, des vrais sportifs et des spectateurs formidables, en cette année là, je n'ai que 2 ans, grand merci pour le film

[@Hans_van_der_veen]

@jonraha588 1 year ago What an era, a stage of more than 300km is titanic, real athletes and fantastic spectators, in that year, I was only 2 years old, big thanks for the film

[@raduovidiu377]

Superb, when sport was for fame, not for money.

[@olsurferguy1]

These guys were so cool.

[@PeterDiAntoni]

This is so special!! Thank you so much for making this available for viewing!!!!

[@mildandbitter]

Great stuff, I didn't know such a good quality full film existed from this period so chapeau to Eye Filmmuseum.

[@jeroenbrons435]

Man, man, man.... wat een pareltje. Wat een heerlijke en geniale documentaire. En wat is Nederlands toch een prachtig en deftig taaltje. ❤❤❤

[@SuperCbode]

Schon ein Wahnsinn, was die damals geleistet haben! Das ist Heute nahezu unvorstellbar, mit dem Material und unter den Bedingungen ... Etappen über 300 KM. Hammer! Schöne Doku :)

[@alexandrebrandt5678]

Beautifull images and great editing. I like the style much better than today's style.

[@anggungunara]

Good natured commentary

[@gianniintesta]

The absolute beauty of the past....

[@pascalxavier3367]

And it has a sentimental value for me: I was born the next day that Louison Bobet won.

[@geriesandmann4485]

Wat een fantastisch mooie beelden en zo anders dan tegenwoordig, waar alles om geld en reclame draait. Ook de tussenshots van het publiek en de omgeving passen heel mooi in het geheel. Meesterwerk!

[@ohnoyoyo]

what amazes me is that, while much has certainly changed, so much is still exactly the same! chapeau to all the racers old and new.

[@danjo1967]

what parts are the same? the racing back then is nothing like it modern day racing.

[@genova2006]

If only this video could be in color. Great coverage. I‘ve watched it several times now. Classic

[@nopoza11]

Gracias al pueblo francés por el Tour de Francia, una carrera centenaria que ha unido no solo a Francia sino a muchos países en el mundo porque ha permitido que muchos corredores de otras nacionalidades puedan participar en este inportante evento. Como un cuidadano colombiano del común expreso mi gratitud al diario L`Equipe y toda la logística y organización de la competencia, mando un abrazo de amor a toda Francia. Merci aux Français pour le Tour de France, une course centenaire qui a réuni non seulement la France mais de nombreux pays dans le monde car elle a permis à de nombreux coureurs d'autres nationalités de participer à cet événement important. En tant que citoyen colombien, j'exprime ma gratitude au journal L`Equipe et à toute la logistique et l'organisation du concours, j'envoie un câlin d'amour à toute la France.

[@MrHansBattle]

It's hard to not look back at these times and feel a true sense of nostalgia. Is the world that we live in today a better place?

[@hollohullu9448]

yes

[@BertGraef]

this was just 8 years after WW2. Think.

[@theenglishman9596]

No times are much worse today. It is true to say the richer people are the more miserable they will be, just look at how happy and friendlier people were in the good old days.

[@jrstf]

@@theenglishman9596 - But who would be willing to give up their iPhone just to get friendlier people? Nobody.

[@stevenspart2588]

No

[@woody1955]

Prachtige kraakheldere beelden. Bedankt voor het opladen.

[@judysoulliere4269]

Alpine Mortgage Company

[@theedge60]

Enigste voordeel van het internet tijdperk. Dat je dit soort fantastische films kan zien die je anders nooit onder ogen zou zijn gekomen. Ging er wel wat anders aan toe als tegenwoordig. Dank voor de upload.

[@robbieallen3862]

The film quality is fantastic.

[@JuCarlos-ex8ip]

Nowadays, the crowds are chaos back and then much different. This video is worth millions

[@captainkickstand]

The "unique view from the Dutch perspective" is great but I sure wish there were subtitles! Thank you so much for digitizing this film and putting it on KZbin.

[@ADamiani007]

Thank you for uploading this time-capsule of a film. Simply Beautiful in so many ways: the splendor of the Tour... the respectful fans (unlike the circus of today)... and the Podium Beauties... even though they had no podium. The organizers of today's Tour de France should watch this film and try to recapture the traditional elements that made it such a classy sporting event back then.

[@tabstabs1204]

Louison Bobet, so cool, winning the Tour and combing his hair at 1:16:45 !!! King of cool (in cycling world)

[@Spscc23998]

The beautiful, enchanting France that exists now only in memory. Worth watching alone for the exquisitely tender and modest smiles of the young ladies who greeted the winner at the end of each étape. Farewell, farewell, to a Europe that has been all but swept away...

[@tabstabs1204]

AMAZING...At 1:15:55, they show Maurice Garin first winner of the Tour in 1903 !!

[@-Stop-it]

Wait, which one? He would be 70 ish?

[@abdul-kabiralegbe5660]

​@@-Stop-it The very old man on the bike.

[@Eitner100]

When those sportsmen had to work harder than any nowadays divas will ever do. And most of them never made any real money. It was the love for the sport that did it for them.

[@analogman9697]

This was awesome! I'd never seen a "tire bra" before. It looks really uncomfortable. Yes, I rode (and rued) sew-ups back in the 80's. Wait a pain they were. Thanks for posting!

[@fabiopunk1661]

Fascinating. A huge thanks to the EYE Filmmuseum of Amsterdam

[@MartinStrnad]

Incredible endurance, amazing race.... fantastic HD quality1

[@WildPhotoShooter]

I'd take a guess the total distance would be about 1000km further than todays tour . Just checked, it was 4,476km. 2019 tour de France was 3,365km. 1969 tour de France 4,117km . They're getting shorter.

[@christopherjamesfisher5519]

Still time trial over 10 & 25 miles on a 1959 Carlton Catalina bike, Do this in memory of my late dad, a keen 'Old school fixed gear cyclist'. Every time I ride, I have a good day!! ⌚😊🙌👍👍

[@Surfmus]

This is a gem. I wish I had a bike that old and one that actually was ridden there.

[@WildPhotoShooter]

What superb picture quality.

[@JoaoPaulo-lr6wh]

8:08 The spare tyres, that was style :)

[@pingjiang1537]

Fantastic fantastic fantastic footage.....thanks so much.

[@ChickenKhorma]

2020-03-19, Tignes, France. Day 3 of lock down due to Corona Virus. I don't own a bicycle, I don't speak a word of dutch. Yet here I am.

[@savievankint]

Get a bike! You'll love every second riding it.

[@ChickenKhorma]

@@savievankint Cycling is currently illegal in France. Will consider it when this has calmed down though.

[@luisalejandroalfonsomorale340]

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[@AM-FTK]

Day 1 lockdown 😷🍷 Feet up enjoying my first T De France. 1984.🚵‍♀️ Great memories.Best wishes to all in lockdown mode. 👍🏻😎

[@keirfarnum6811]

Anon Ymous Dutch sounds like German spoken with a French accent. It’s interesting!

[@AirCrash1]

Amazing to see how far chemistry has come.

[@mildandbitter]

Yvette Horner (10.29) champion accordion player, who in later years performed in concert with Boy George!

[@simonverkerk8392]

Look how long these stages are, incredible!

[@danielangelodelima4724]

Muito bonito de se ver. Era um tempo onde o ciclista não tinha nada de estrelismo e havia amor ao ciclismo... Homens valentes e românticos!

[@andrewlabat9963]

Those bikes were absolutely beautiful.

[@adamkulchyski]

It is shocking to see all the devastation just being a few years past the war ending. So much residual tragedy. Amazing the size of the caravans given the size of the cars and motorcycles back then. And the clothing, OH how so much has changed. Not just for the riders, but for the fans. It is a total gong show now for fans of the tour. LOL. This was great to watch. And yes, I don't speak a lick of Dutch but found myself watching the whole thing. :)

[@jonraha588]

En visionnant ce film je me projette à plus de 60 ans en arrière, c était la belle époque, les gens disciplinés, et les coureurs avaient des mollets d acier.

[@UpHillEdd]

Hello, THANK YOU for this! Document of a better Time!

[@gundalaputrapetir6235]

Meriah sekali jaman dulu tour d' france yaa... Salam fans GIANT BICYCLE from Indonesia 👍🙏

[@startsontime]

Incredibly good editing!

[@dylanwhitney9228]

Beautiful :D I think that with this, subtitles are better some how but with say A Sunday in hell from 1976, it's better without subtitles!

[@chinaiwei]

Wow! Impressive. Thanks for sharing. Gem. One thing never change is riding spirit and the welcoming fans and locals.

[@jeanlucaillaud5069]

Merci pour la mise en ligne de ce superbe document. Il donne une image tellement moderne d'une époque héroïque. Dommage que ce ne soit pas traduit en français 😊

[@nmal6371]

Louison Bobet sur un vélo Stella, fabriqué à Nantes. Super bonhomme, ancien résistant. Tout comme Gino Bartali. Total respect.

[@anarmo02487]

Hermoso documento histórico. Muchas gracias por compartir. No se necesita hablar holandés para entender, las imágenes hablan por sí solas. Para destacar la educación del público en las carreteras. Muy diferente a los rufianes de hoy en día.

[@garycowie8648]

Back in the day when roadside spectators were better behaved

[@brianmcg321]

Except for that time when that guy punched Eddy Merckx. Or when they used to throw nails in the road once their favorite already passed.

[@garycowie8648]

brianmcg321 Yeah I suppose there's always been badly behaved supporters but I think I'd rather get punched in the guts than a cup of pish flung over me absolutely disgusting

[@navylaks2]

Or perhaps they just didn't show it on captured film ;)

[@Requiredfields2]

@@brianmcg321 The Merckx incident happened in 1975, 22 years after this. Merckx was 8 years old in 1953.

[@brianmcg321]

Requiredfields2 The OP was implying that fans "back in the day" were better than today. I used two examples, one with Eddy, which occurred later than this, and the nails example happened for years in the early days of the TDF. Fans were just as crazy back then as they are now.

[@linesided]

Amazing footage. Liked the sponsored feed zone, the fact that the riders are spinning (grinding is so 80's) and the hair! Look like the kind of guys I would love to race with. Thanks for sharing.

[@nickdigrispino2409]

I love the photographers who had to wield those huge Speedgrafic cameras while riding on the back of the motorcycle.

[@siypic]

lot of Rolliflex there as well

[@noelkearney5231]

@@siypic Which means upside down images as well.

[@manueljimenez3570]

impresionante lo bien que esta filmado,realizado, etc,bravoooooooo.

[@germcevoy]

Stunning footage.

[@kervilou5905]

very nice !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Mike.A.]

Considering this was well over a half century ago, I was actually more surprised by the similarities than the differences

[@offefone1669]

Well cycling and especially the racing aspect of it hasn't really changed all that much and a lot of the things that make tour de france, well, tour de france, are old traditions

[@livininchains4788]

Was the same I thought

[@johnmcmahon5225]

Back in those days doping wasn't prohibited, and was an integral part of the sport. Fausto Coppi, who didn't ride in this Tour but is shown taking photos at 1:05:50, said "those who claim [that cyclists do not take amphetamine], it's not worth talking to them about cycling".

[@chrisbatson3402]

No EPO.

[@normadicn5700]

@@johnmcmahon5225 but Cocaine and Amphetamines

[@michael_mouse]

... impressive movie... thanks for uploading!

[@JacobafJelling]

The quality is as good as today’s tv or better, But without colors

[@carlosp.1161]

I think they kinda remastered it

[@JacobafJelling]

Carlos P. They used glass plates.

[@gammondog]

I've noticed this at my aunt's fiftieth wedding anniversary twenty years ago. They had two sets of wedding pictures. One shot in color. The other in monochrome (black&white). The monochrome looked like they were shot a year earlier. The color pictures were faded and the colors had changed.

[@joshercascon]

Los felicito, es muy placentero e importante que publiquen los videos de la mejor competencia de ciclismo en el mundo para nosotros los amantes de las bielas. Muchos éxitos.

[@kurtismaximus8068]

This Soundtrack is Glorious

[@heidivanbiervliet641]

Geweldig

[@nicholasivanderstoop4282]

Absolutely brilliant, well done, I lived in Holland at that time , Ramp jaar, Korean War. Wagtmans van EST The Voorting brothers. Brilliant great quality

[@Booblickoff]

The race took place in 1953. You could not have lived back then. Humans don't live that long.

[@KrMees]

@@Booblickoff humans dont live past 67?

[@HumbleWolves]

@@KrMees He's Russian, they don't get that far.

[@Capital194]

These guys must have been making huge watts using those gears on climbs. Very strong riders.

[@michaelbarbosa5700]

I love it!! This is some stunning footage and a great print. This is the year I began serious cycling. All the ExPats in New York said Bobet was their hero. Now I see why. I love the few seconds of seeing Coppi as a Tifosi.

[@judysoulliere4269]

Michael Barbosa no

[@jameswester6773]

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[@jameswester6773]

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[@jameswester6773]

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[@walterbalducci9027]

monzon pugile

[@kervilou5905]

very nice !!!!!!

[@tatters1232006]

Thanks very much for uploading this video (I was born that year) it is a fascinating inside into the tour at that time bikes where a lot more basic then. But oh boy!! Could these guys travel and the crowds that turned out to watch Them (but I wonder how many were where taking drugs of one sort and another) I just wish there were English. subtitles my Dutch is a little rusty these days!!!

[@jthepickle7]

Coffee was de riguer (not kidding) and amphetamines had made their way into the sport.

[@218maryland]

*ALL NATURAL* racing. Now that is a real contest of skill and fitness. Fantastic stuff

[@fransvanberkel2227]

Geweldig ,wat leuk en goede kwaliteit !!

[@alexfernandohuenten1374]

voorter exelent

[@poly_hexamethyl]

13:30 It's interesting that bicycles haven't changed all that much (well, at least until the popularity of carbon fiber), but the cars looked positively archaic!

[@kevinpeterman7127]

You're kidding, right?

[@alanoneill3065]

Brilliant!

[@aquicktake]

Amazing all of them do it with a tire tied around their bodies. They should of incorporated that pattern resemblance into the Yellow Jersey.

[@anotherbutt4chair454]

The quality of video is great

[@youcantgain100ksubscribers5]

if the Earth can remember and see anything,i guess it will cry everyday

[@juditheneric8811]

Om oud met een moderne kreet te koppelen, EPIC! thxx voor deze mooie docu..

[@Cyclingmasterseller]

Wow, what a crowd at the end -- the stadium is the way to go! And wow, the crowd was well-disciplined and gracious, as though the riders are gods. This is why I love TDF, long live cycling! In those days they doped with wine and other goodies; I just wonder how many Lance Armstrongs there were back then who would have also lost their winner-designation status as a TDF victor? I still enjoyed watching Lance, hence, to see what the human body could really do -- no different than putting a turbo on a race car in my opinion; after all, they all did it, but Lance got dinged because he was too successful. What a drag.

[@flambo1234HD]

Cyclingmasterseller completely agree, everyone who caught caught didn’t get their names taken off the winning list except Lance.

[@patthewoodboy]

great restoration , they were tough. Its gone midnight and I'm going to have to watch it all :-)

[@marcelodeandrade3519]

Védeo incrível de homens incríveis que escreveram a história desse esporte... embora não entendi nada q o narrador falou,,, mas foi show

[@henkkinjet1762]

Geweldige document prachtige herinnering van het toenmalige wielrennen!

[@Liofa73]

Wish this had English subtitles, looks like a great film.

[@pascalxavier3367]

Louison Bobet won.

[@djarvils]

That times every word was reasonable by commentators.

[@matchlessajsbsa2157]

It's a superb film, even without the subtitles. I recognised a few names - Bobet, Koblet, even Fausto Coppi made an appearance as a spectator - one of my heroes when I was a cyclist many years ago...

[@jimmeeGray]

@@matchlessajsbsa2157 what is a hero?

[@mad4461]

Select the CC button and then in the settings you can auto translate

[@qibble455]

Great video! Thanks for posting it:)

[@jacksonjxnatti596]

What's most interesting about this footage is how much similarity there actually is to the present

[@gheorghefalcaru]

FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!

[@theparalexview785]

When men were men and handlebars were cup holders.

[@lunafeliz4360]

awesome!! Thx for this beautyfull vid! =D

[@Sills71]

No rider radios, no helmets, no disposable bikes, less advertising, no VIPs but lots of hard racing over dirt, gravel and cobbles, longer stages and much more heart. Seems like the ASO could learn something about making a better TdF

[@chrisbatson3402]

No EPO.

[@anthonyjackson9194]

@@chrisbatson3402 but definitely cocaine and often steroids in their infancy

[@theparalexview785]

Popeye (110) was wearing a sorta-helmet at 40:47 Looks like he was in pain too. Needed some spinach for an ecdysterone boost.

[@ericberend2039]

Too busy scapegoating Americans and covering up for their own cheats. ASO going for Prudhomme, was merely 'doubling down' on the dubious chauvinist bigotry.

[@moneytron4143]

@@anthonyjackson9194 I guess steroids dont exist in the 50's.

[@blessedflorendo4953]

Ay ang ganda black and white. Flashback sa mga unang cyclists. Parang napaka peaceful noon.

[@luiscarlosmoreno6524]

Es muy interesante el documental,pero valdría la pena que hubiera una presentación en español o al menos con subtítulos en nuestro idioma. Lo guardaré y compartiré con mis amigos de cicla

[@klausjensen9150]

one of the best black and white race films from the 53 era i have seen so far . Awesome

[@valentinkozachok6091]

Во люди ехали по 300 км этап на стали по таким дорогам с пару звезд.Просто герои!

[@dmltrylakhov9053]

Да уж, по брусчатке так вваливать!!! Хотя Сталь все-таки хоть как-то амортизирует.

[@johns3106]

Love the first few minutes...L'Eroica of 1953!

[@geeknee551]

the semi formal dinner at the long table with villagers joining with their gaze through an open window...priceless.

[@booklover3959]

The great men of old! They were tough, inscrutable, and poetic.

[@charliedillon1400]

The Dutch fans were so dignified back then.

[@w.barten]

Geweldige Docu, bedankt voor het uploaden !