Look how great the crowd behaves on the mountains!

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...

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.

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

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 .

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.

The absolute beauty of the past....

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

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

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

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?

These guys were so cool.

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.

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

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!! ⌚😊🙌👍👍

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!

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

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 :)

Those bikes were absolutely beautiful.

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.

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

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

Brilliant!

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

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 KZfaq.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Most cyclist then had more body mass than today. With grueling speed without helmet, these are men of steel.

Prachtige kraakheldere beelden. Bedankt voor het opladen.

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

Amazing to see how far chemistry has come.

Look how long these stages are, incredible!

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!

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

What superb picture quality.

Fascinating. A huge thanks to the EYE Filmmuseum of Amsterdam

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. :)

Stunning footage.

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

The musical soundtrack is great

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

This Soundtrack is Glorious

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

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...

Back in the day when roadside spectators were better behaved

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

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.

FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!

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

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!

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

The film quality is fantastic.

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

Incredibly good editing!

very nice !!!!!!

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.

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

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

very good

Geweldig

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

The Dutch fans were so dignified back then.

Wow...🇵🇭

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.

Better quality than the tour retros from Jan at the 90ies 😂

Riding with spare tyres over their shoulders. A lot more grunt, than cadence back in the day.

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

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

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.

Big 630 wheels, wearing a tubular spare, just a few gears and well behaved fans, absolutely perfect.

"...But it pales in comparisson to the crowning achievement of his career..." man I was so waiting for "Mildred Pierce" here.

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

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

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!

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

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!

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

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

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.

Before big Banks and commercialism entered cycling! Beautiful!

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.

When I first started riding the shoe soles were leather. You would ride a few hundred miles, until the pedal cage made a mark. Only then would you nail on the cleat. This race looks like it's for the riders. Seems today folk think the race is for the spectator!

I was born in 1956 and so the Tour de France is being organised and this is 1953 tour

Bonne Happy New Years pour tous le monde Everyone in le World. Rest dans Peace Liliane

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

Great just for the post war scenery. But they had some hard stages there.

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

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

Geweldig ,wat leuk en goede kwaliteit !!

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!!!

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

toller Film !

Gracias,yo tenia tres años...

Qué diferencia como se comportaba el público era más agradable

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.

Prachtig, wat een helden.