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September 1

Film question

In the film Ford v Ferrari Ken Miles wife Mollie and their son Peter are shown watching him race in the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans on TV at their home in California. My memory of the coverage of Le Mans in the 60's and 70's here in the US was that there was no live airing of the race. Instead it would show up on ABC's Wide World of Sports sometime (weeks or even a month or more) after the race. They would show the start and then intersperse highlights of the race with other events that they were covering that day and then close with the finish. I'm curious if the film uses some other countries broadcast of the race for dramatic effect or if there was some coverage in the US that I was too young to be aware of. Thanks ahead of time for any info that you find. MarnetteD|Talk 01:59, 1 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nope.

The first live, international satellite broadcast, a variety show called Our World (which featured The Beatles playing "All You Need is Love"), was staged in 1967, which obviously went down after the 1966 Le Mans race.

Boone, Brian (18 November 2019). "10 times Ford v Ferrari lied to you". Grunge.com.

--2606:A000:1126:28D:3D84:1399:DBD4:E6F2 (talk) 19:13, 1 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nice work IP. Many thanks. MarnetteD|Talk 19:40, 1 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]