1930s Grand Prix - Hitler's Supercars

1930s Grand Prix - Hitler's Supercars - History Documentary

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4 ай бұрын

Explore the intense competition between German car manufacturers Auto Union and Mercedes-Benz during the rise of the Third Reich. Ordered by Hitler to build high-performance vehicles and witness the rivalry that led to Grand Prix victories, international dominance, and speed records. Delve into the world of the 'Silver Arrow' Grand Prix and Speed Record cars of the 1930s as experts narrate the story behind these Nazi-funded machines. From the economic struggles of pre-Nazi Germany to the impact of the Silver Arrows on propaganda, uncover the historical significance of Hitler's Supercars and their drivers risking their lives for speed.
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Experience the untold story of Hitler's Supercars in this gripping one-off documentary. As the Third Reich ascended, German car manufacturers received orders to create unparalleled high-performance vehicles. Witness a fierce rivalry that led to Grand Prix triumphs, international dominance, and driver fame. Under the direct command of Hitler, the 'Silver Arrow' Grand Prix and Speed Record cars emerged, setting records that endured for 79 years. Experts James Holland, Richard Williams, Eberhard Reuss, and Chris Routledge unravel the narrative, connecting Nazi-funded Auto Union and Mercedes-Benz 'National Racing Cars' to the propaganda messages they conveyed. Explore the intersection of motorsports, World War II, and the propaganda machine in this riveting historical journey.
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@brentritchie6199 3 ай бұрын

What a fantastic documentary on an era of motor racing that really doesn't get a lot of coverage. Well done all and thank you

@jakobquick6875 Ай бұрын

Great content here❤ Terrible title though…to be mass consumed Shud be just… “Hitlers Grand Prix Supercars”

@ThomasWBaldwin 28 күн бұрын

the holy cost of lies effects everyone.

@gabrielv.4358 2 күн бұрын

YES@

@kurtzwar729 2 ай бұрын

Ferdinand Porsche. Designer of the first Auto Union racing car, Volkswagen bug and Porsche 356 in 1946. All 3 of these German auto makers are in business today. RIP Ferdinand Porsche

@johnpudney3550 3 ай бұрын

Rosemeyer took this thing to a whole new level,so talented. The record of 9minutes 56 seconds around old Nurburgring should be noted,he tamed the beast of Autounion.Thats where the new F1 car of Audi should stand in 2026 for it's opening day in honour of the great man Rosemeyer.

@dr.wilfriedhitzler1885 3 ай бұрын

It will.

@howardking3601 3 ай бұрын

Very high quality. Fascinating introduction to the speed machines of the pre-war era.

@raimunddippon3120 3 ай бұрын

The T80 is displayed at the Mercedes Benz Museum in Stuttgart. Together with the car Rudolf Caracciola drove in 1938.

@qwert1111gel 3 ай бұрын

I work for them... What an amazing model 😍😍 I always gaye at it when I am at work

@makschorney2514 3 ай бұрын

Great new look at the Great Silver Arrows history. This is a story that deserves far more coverage!

@rsc9520 3 ай бұрын

EXCELLENT DOCUMENTARY !!! Thanks for posting ...

@BobGeogeo 3 ай бұрын

Many thanks, I wish this was longer. Record breaking was important but GP racing went on until the invasion of Poland.

@jamesburnett7085 3 ай бұрын

Exception quality throughout this brilliant documentary. Bravo!

@chrlz904 3 ай бұрын

Including the misspelling in the title..? Who's Hilter?

@joemamajohnsonquietstorm2690 3 ай бұрын

The superchrger whine from almost 100 years ago is amazing.

@jonmulack4226 3 ай бұрын

Commentator mentioned it instilled fear. German Stuka dive bombers also had a shrill/whine to them. Instilled fear also.

@foo219 Ай бұрын

It was really fearsome! What is it that made it make that noise?

@rtqii 15 күн бұрын

@@foo219 Turbine howl

@MikeWoot-ox9xf 13 күн бұрын

It is a unique universal sound. That’s probably why the Nazi’s put the awesomely intimidating wind drive sirens on their dive bombers🚨

@gabrielv.4358 2 күн бұрын

Agreed

@extramile150 3 ай бұрын

outstanding...explains the history of the Silver Arrows, F1 and Land Speed Racing better than anything previously presented. Take a bow!

@qwert1111gel 3 ай бұрын

This was brillaint. Thank you.

@adoreslaurel 3 ай бұрын

Power and skinny tyres, you had to have nerves of steel.

@DakarBlues 3 ай бұрын

And hard rubber!!!

@alanjones4622 3 ай бұрын

It is amazing that with all current day modern technology and design, recent Mercedes Le Mans cars achieved the same level of lift off and flying capability as the prewar German land speed record car would have done. Some things never change, except the driver survived due to current crash protection.

@brett22bt 3 ай бұрын

It's the fundamentals of physics. As higher speeds are reached, exponentially increasing amounts of downforce are required to prevent lift. High-tech calculations and experiments can be thrown out with the interference of uncontrollable variables like track debris, elevation changes, or a simple gust of wind.

@HyBr1dRaNg3r 3 ай бұрын

Because the driver survived, the flipping Benz is probably one of the coolest car videos of all time. It blew my mind when it happened

@simonkevnorris 3 ай бұрын

There were two drivers who had three accidents at Le Mans that year where the car went airborne. The other driver was Mark Webber. With Peter Dumbreck having the accident in the race.

@Mr1963corvette 3 ай бұрын

Simply amazing that era in the mid and late 30's with these magnificent and iconic racing cars. The technology and designs were scintillating to speed demons. Here in the United States. The elegant Duesenburg SSJs were epic.

@brucegoodall3794 3 ай бұрын

O'l LORD won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz... My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends. R.I.P. Janice

@gregoryworth84 3 ай бұрын

wonderful documentary !

@edwardhart7252 3 ай бұрын

Outstanding work in creating this wonderful documentary. Many thanks.

@anthonynicoli 3 ай бұрын

Great video. Chilling story

@johnnyzippo7109 3 ай бұрын

268.9 MPH !!!!!! Holy smokes ! That is some stompin donkeys at work !

@dr.wilfriedhitzler1885 2 ай бұрын

We were superior in any question. We invented TV, Jets, Rockets....

@Tonik-13 Ай бұрын

@@dr.wilfriedhitzler1885 The obsessive theme of superiority is visiting you again. As for television. For the first time, the Russian scientist Boris did it Rosing, on May 9, 1911, he carried out the transmission of a television image of the figures. And the transmission of a moving image was first realized in 1923 by the American Charles Jenkins, but the transmitted image did not contain semitones. The first system with which moving halftone images could be transmitted appeared in 1926. It was created by the Scottish inventor John Baird. Well, missiles were invented in China, just like gunpowder.

@ThomasShelby-uq8cz 3 ай бұрын

🏎️They say they don't have tires to go 300 in miles an hour nowadays but they could do 260 mph in the 1930s on those tires?? 🤔

@stejer211 3 ай бұрын

Maybe the width of the tires has something to do with it? Maybe the difference between 260mph and 300mph is important?

@malcolmwhite6588 3 ай бұрын

No much simpler is my understanding: They didn’t know and they didn’t care! Where is today. they know the limits in cars tyres and get rated according to rpm and GeForce loadings on the materials and of course relative longevity and resistance to catastrophic failure

@stejer211 3 ай бұрын

@@malcolmwhite6588 So, as long as you don't care, you can go as fast as you like? That doesn't sound very scientific...

@malcolmwhite3567 3 ай бұрын

@@stejer211 I know - that was the 30’s: no seatbelt either!

@doczooc 3 ай бұрын

The trouble today is just building street legal tyres that can do 300mph and still fulfill all the regulations that keep you from killing yourself. In the 30s, you would die from any number of reasons anyway, so people did not care...

@wacholder5690 3 ай бұрын

BTW: for those enabled to read german and "fracture fonts". I have the 1938 book "Mein Mann der Rennfahrer" by Elly Rosemeyer-Beinhorn, which highlights the whole story about her and her husband. It also sheds a - well proprotioned and filtered - look behind the curtains of the racedriver business back then until the fatal accident. For a large part it is nice to read and shows the private side of this racedrivers icon. But: it was a book edited by the Nazis finally and even if the original manuscript *might* have pointed out some miseries and political involvements they had been removed accurately. There was a post-war re-issue however. Search for the title.

@wernerschneider4460 3 ай бұрын

I can also recommend the autobiography of the legendary Mercedes-team-manager Alfred Neubauer: Männer, Frauen und Motoren (Men, Women and Engines). Politics of the 1930s is not left out.

@jonathansquires3114 3 ай бұрын

Excellent video - I learned a lot!

@grantovenden2646 3 ай бұрын

What an amazing production - thank you!

@gabrielv.4358 2 күн бұрын

Awesome car documentary! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR POSTING! AND THANKS FOR WHOEVER CREATED IT!

@deathwrenchcustom 3 ай бұрын

The Mercedes boys CLEARLY got inspiration from the Monopoly car.

@Humbertusmarius 3 ай бұрын

Great documentary, a must-see for any motorsports enthusiast.

@aussiedrifter 28 күн бұрын

This is without question the best Silver Arrows Documentary I have watched & covers some new little known bits that the other ones do not.

@hertzair1186 3 ай бұрын

Excellent documentary

@betacam235 2 ай бұрын

That hysterical banshee shriek of the supercharged Silver Arrows is unforgettable! Thanks for a superb production.

@peterhallock9486 Ай бұрын

Best racing documentary on auto racing Grand Prix's yet, many thanks!!!!

@marcleblanc3602 3 ай бұрын

More than just PR, they got the Country's Economy back up, and National pride. Can not deny the man had confidence and vision, wasted no time, for a beaten down.

@MrKruger88 3 ай бұрын

Great doc

@crumblefest 3 ай бұрын

Super video. Cannot wait for the movie: Rosemeyer! (I am available to play Bernard)(or Rudi Carraciola)

@user-cj3gr1ox7v 3 ай бұрын

This is perfect!

@anthonystevens403 3 ай бұрын

a beautiful story

@davidstobie2751 3 ай бұрын

great stuff

@iamrichrocker 3 ай бұрын

hese cars were developed in the 30s..that it stunning of itself...amazing documentary of details that few knew of..and now we knwo thx

@user-gw9sk1zy4s 2 ай бұрын

Ferdinand porsche steps up to the plate for auto union. The two great companies have always cooperated hand and hand.

@kurtwomack6473 3 ай бұрын

Well done! The tires were the limiting factor.

@carlsmyth7198 2 ай бұрын

Well put together, great job.

@arkangelnorthman 3 ай бұрын

BRAVO!!!

@StevenChampion-kf1oe 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for posting. Great documentary

@dimitriwolfs9370 3 ай бұрын

Carricaciola???? I thought he just misspoke the first time but then he goes and says it again !!! Carrie Catchy ola. !!!!😂😂🎉

@garneauweld1100 3 ай бұрын

What a journey!

@fooman2108 3 ай бұрын

Almost EVER fighter picture (footage you use is of POSTWAR, Messersmit fighters (the vast majority, is in fact from 'the battle of Britain' (interestingly most of the 'German' aircraft are powered by BRITISH MERLIN ENGINES) the footage of 109s 'dog fighting IS TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM THAT MOVIE!

@jeffking4176 3 ай бұрын

EXCELLENT‼️ 🚗🙂

@acetomatocompany 3 ай бұрын

Great Documentary!! However, I would have liked a lot more information about Hitler’s Supercars racing in New York’s Vanderbilt Cup Race 1936 & 1937 and their dominance. Rosemeyer’s victory in New York. Was that on May 7,1937 ?

@JohnnyDrizzle 3 ай бұрын

Can someone make a movie of this please!

@brett22bt 3 ай бұрын

That would be something else right there. I'd line up to see that.

@gazfish Ай бұрын

Too soon?

@kimwarfield1587 Ай бұрын

Well done. I’ve seen literally hundreds of films on racing and this is the first time anyone has covered this angle. Again, well done. Here’s the strange thing, both Porsche and Mercedes both had blow over at LeMans and Benz pulled out each time they were involved in disaster decades later.

@bowelrupture 22 күн бұрын

The Porsche blow over was at Road Atlanta.

@kimwarfield1587 22 күн бұрын

@@bowelrupture nope, they actually had a blow over before Mercedes, during practice at LeMans. I don't remember who the driver was though. I watched the entire event on Speed TV. Couldn't believe Mark Webber walked away from that crash without a cratch. The car went right between the trees after flipping about three times in the air. It was the only endurance race I watched that year.

@marinedrive5484 Ай бұрын

The Auto Union V16 was difficult to handle because of its extreme power-to-weight ratio. It could be induced to wheelspin at over 100 mph. The unequal weight distribution also made it prone to oversteer. Still a brilliant car tho'.

@vladimirludvik84 3 ай бұрын

"In the Czechoslovakian area.." Hmmm interesting phrasing.

@kevinvilmont6061 2 ай бұрын

Four minutes in and I learned a new word. Modernity.

@chriskappert1365 3 ай бұрын

Not Hitlers , Ferdinand Porsches !

@robdion9568 3 ай бұрын

They were both NAZIS.

@Hopscotchlemonadespritz 2 ай бұрын

Safety receiving seemingly the least emphasis during the 20th century's obsession with power and speed. Incredible achievements, yet almost no protection for these brave drivers.

@gotham61 3 ай бұрын

The event in May 1932 at the Avus circuit was called the AvusRennen, not the German Grand Prix, which was held in July at the Nurburgring.

@StarJar58 3 ай бұрын

Maybe the T80 needed an inverted airfoil shape with a center of pressure in the middle of the front and rear wheels. Fantastic documentary.

@paulomiranda1717 3 ай бұрын

You guys didn't mentioned Tazio Nuvolari...

@cobra3289 2 ай бұрын

Great documentary, very interesting story.

@loki7641 2 ай бұрын

Please next Documentary - Churchill s Supercars ... UK - Warmonger !

@prash99 3 ай бұрын

What Tires were they using back then?!? Tire technology was not great back then.

@samsquid65 3 ай бұрын

Wooden Dutch Bicycle tyres. Ik wil mijn fiets terug!

@markus1642 3 ай бұрын

Black round pirelli.

@johnpudney3550 2 ай бұрын

Continental

@jerrywatt6813 Ай бұрын

MAYPOPS 😊

@Bozar069 3 ай бұрын

I always loved the story of the little Alfa that could.

@NLynchOEcake 3 күн бұрын

Gran Turismo does a great job of showing how dramatically ahead of it's time that car was. Early in the game for a fraction of the price of any other supercar, you can get a Streamliner. Just max out the toe on the rear wheels to create a natural self-stability and it will proceed to beat the pants off every race until you start competing against actual supercars. Absolutely horrible handling overall but the brutal amount of torque and power that thing produces at just 3000rpm puts it in a different league. You can really see how deadly of a vehicle it is during top speed runs, no amount of tweaking or adjustment will save it from the dreaded 400kph fishtail

@gibbogle 3 ай бұрын

Hilter, that famous racing driver that I'd never heard of.

@drbichat5229 3 ай бұрын

Those first AutoUnions must have looked like from another planet. Only problem with the documentary is at 24:34 shows the Spanish made version of the Bf 109

@dipling.pitzler7650 3 ай бұрын

I think this was a clip from a modern day movie transformed into B/W showing the Buchon a post war version of the BF 109.

@simonkevnorris 3 ай бұрын

Turin (Torino) is not the capital of Italy. It is the home of FIAT though.

@ramsnover3599 3 ай бұрын

Only hints of what Dr. Porsche did in Autounion, he is seen at 45:28.

@galier2 2 ай бұрын

Funny, all the fighter planes they showed in the documentary in the purpose of suggesting the use Daimler-Benz engines were in reality Ha-1112 equipped with Rolls-Royce Merlin engines.

@user-gw9sk1zy4s Ай бұрын

In the 1920s, Germany was a country with many car manufacturers that produced and sold very few cars. A poor nation with highly advanced technology. An unusual time in history.

@mshef140 3 ай бұрын

37:02 DALE #3 🙏👑🙏

@BrilliantDesignOnline 3 ай бұрын

The fastest I have gone on my ZX1100-C Ninja is over 170 mph, and after watching James May go a mental over 250 mph in a modern Bugatti, imagining these guys going over 250 mph in these caveman technology vehicles is mind blowing. My uncle is Ernst von Delius who raced the Auto Union Type C in the mid1930's for Dr. Porsche.

@MrJohnnyDistortion 3 ай бұрын

And on old school tire technology.

@BrilliantDesignOnline 3 ай бұрын

@@MrJohnnyDistortion Absolutely, I cannot imagine old school tires even going up to 200 mph.

@user-bb9pn7yw1e 2 ай бұрын

WILL DEVELOP A RACE CAR OLD DAYS DESIGN

@touraneindanke 8 күн бұрын

The autobahns first built were from north to south NOT from east to west . The rail roads were built from east to west and were the main way of transport. Millions can unfortunately no longer testify to this but it’s common knowledge!

@LucDesaulniers1 3 ай бұрын

Uh, no. Jim Clark would be above Senna

@kl0wnkiller912 3 ай бұрын

Those "Bf-109s" that are being shown are not Messerschmitt 109s... Those are CASAs... Licensed built 109s using non-German engines. You can tell by the nose... big intakes under the chin to cover the Rolls-Royce engines. I drove the autobahn at speed when i was stationed in Germany in the US Army in the 1980s. Drove a motorcycle to 140 MPH on it. What a rush...

@HerrStaale 3 ай бұрын

TV-Serie material?

@bobyokey 3 ай бұрын

"Experience the untold story" - really? Nobody knew any of this before? I was interested, though, in the title of the video "1930s Grand Prix - Hilter's Supercars - History Documentary". I would like to know more about this Hilter chap.

@jstdrv 3 ай бұрын

He was a family man, a painter and a dog lover, prefering german sheperds.

@kiwitrainguy 2 ай бұрын

Also a vegetarian, tea-totaller and a decorated war hero.@@jstdrv

@jonmulack4226 3 ай бұрын

Did these cars survive the war? Beautiful machines!

@user-gw9sk1zy4s 2 ай бұрын

Yes, the machines were so advanced. They raced in the 50s and won.

@roykliffen9674 3 ай бұрын

24:40 LOL a couple of post-war, Spanish build, Rolls Royce Merlin powered HA-1112 Buchons (license build versions of the Messerschmitt Bf-109) representing the rise of the Luftwaffe. I know, I know .... only an aircraft nut would recognise the difference.

@edwardwood6532 3 ай бұрын

I think the car from the 6.10 mark was driven by the superheroes Ace and Gary.

@sirdgar 3 ай бұрын

i didnt knew that bugatti was original french.....well you learn every day.

@ducedevlstear2471 2 ай бұрын

Ettore Bugatti was Italian though. And classing Bugatti brand as French is also not completely correct. The brand is from Alsace which was German when he started there. Alsace became French in 1919. It always changed belonging between French and German.

@hectorherbert6585 3 ай бұрын

Toto wolf should bring the W14 to these guys to see where their lift comes from on their car..actually it's the wings they have right under the mirror set-up..wrong angle of attack (compared to the T80)...

@jeffbrooks8024 3 ай бұрын

The only part of Auto Union that survives in Audi is the four linked rings in their badge

@bennyhannover9361 3 ай бұрын

This is too short jumped. The new Auto Union was founded in 1949 in western Germany with managers from all parts of Auto Union. German American William Werner, Carl Hahn and even 80 year old August Horch was there. DKW was produced again. But all the other marques were in the minds of the people involved.

@loki7641 2 ай бұрын

13 Wins in Le Mans - with the four rings!

@clutchkicker392ison5 3 ай бұрын

WoW, where would we be now.?

@igormac88 3 ай бұрын

Is it possible to visit that Rosemeyer homage by the side of the road? Where the accident happened? Where it is?

@JetFire9 3 ай бұрын

It’s over there 👉

@geotropa1043 3 ай бұрын

Yes, on highway A5, next to one of the public rest-areas. A very short walk by foot.

@richarddietzen3137 3 ай бұрын

“At some speed it’s going to lift up.” But after 1944, it would have been driven mostly in reverse.

@stephaniem3580 3 ай бұрын

Visual flow totally ruined by talking heads. Ken Burns has a lot to answer for!

@micodyerski1621 3 ай бұрын

I do luv a 16 cylinder, rear engined race car... but ...

@dominicrekittke3352 3 ай бұрын

The Fjurah...

@justinfuller8803 Ай бұрын

Great documentary, but shame about the subtitles which I presume are being dynamically translated.

@syahidatthararrahman9612 3 ай бұрын

so, this is the history of Mercedes Benz F1 team SILVER ARROW 👍👍👍😊

@samsquid65 3 ай бұрын

Yeah. I thought that too. Along with Hugo Boss. Porsche, VW etc. etc🤔🤫

@markus1642 3 ай бұрын

Yess. Exellent products.

@bjs2022 27 күн бұрын

Shame on the video editor who is guilty of committing the video atrocity of BBC (Blow-up, Blur, Crop) 4:3 aspect ratio films and video (or 4:3 films transferred to video) to fill the 16:9 frame. Doing "click to fill" may look OK on a computer screen (other than the unnaturally overly large images) but on a TV the loss of resolution results in a terrible blurry mush. You are taking standard definition video and degrading it to substandard definition video. You are also altering/censoring the carefully composed and framed 4:3 aspect ratio images by the historical cinematographers and photographers. Leave 4:3 alone!

@RVail623 26 күн бұрын

What effect did these automobile engineering advances in 1930's Europe have on U.S.-based auto racing at the same time, such as at the Indianapolis 500? And in later decades with competitions for "land speed record" attempts at the Bonneville Salt Flats in the U.S. State of Utah? Thanks.

@squidcaps4308 3 ай бұрын

I almost got to the end but that dude in blue shirt sitting in a garage is insufferable.

@geoffheard5768 3 ай бұрын

The propaganda was insufferable as well.

@philhealey4443 3 ай бұрын

The pullover around neck situation is another red flag for watchability, whatever the content. Apart from the usual references to technicians, omitting the role of engineers.

@SuperUnknown1967 2 ай бұрын

😂, the pullover, the glasses@@philhealey4443