Film Festival focusing on history of Le Mans 24 hours, featuring three hours of archive film plus guest speaker panel session. Featured years include 50th anniversary of Aston Martin 1-2 in 1959 (a colour film digitised specially for the event) and 40th anniversary of JW-Gulf Ford GT40 victory in 1969.
Special guest speakers announced so far include 1969 Le Mans winner Jackie Oliver, 1970 Le Mans winner Richard Attwood, venerable privateer David Piper, ex-JW-Gulf mechanic Richard Bray, 1963 and 64 class winner (in a Lotus Elite) John Wagstaff and 1959 class winner (also in a Lotus Elite) Peter Riley.
As well as the film show and panel session during the day on Saturday, there is a gala dinner in the evening, giving the opportunity to mingle over pre-dinner drinks with the guest speakers and dine with them. The film/panel session programme is repeated on Sunday for those who cannot attend on the Saturday.
For more information about the event and to book tickets, go to
www.legendsfilmfestivals.com.
