Eugenio Castellotti campione purissimo.

Incom Week 01519 of 20/03/1957 March 14, 1957: Castellotti, a very young racing ace, dies in an accident on the Modena racetrack. Sequence description: the driver aboard his car; mourning posters; a curtain at the entrance to the funeral chapel; the people pay their last respects; the coffin in the chapel, the driver's photo on the coffin; the driver's belongings: his helmet, his trophies; race footage: the Mille Miglia, the driver being celebrated; Lodi, the funeral: Villoresi signs a register, Fangio in the funeral procession; the coffin held high among the crowd; the coffin carried on shoulders, the funeral procession winds through the streets of Lodi, a row of wreaths; flowers for Fangio, Ferrari, and Ascari; footage: Castellotti aboard a tractor in the countryside; Walking in the countryside, picking up a four-leaf clover, and putting it in his mouth; crowd at the funeral procession, opened by clergy; Castellotti's mother following the coffin; archive: Castellotti's mother gets into a car; Castellotti hugs his mother and jokes; the funeral procession; archive: a flag is raised from a stage; car race; Luce Historical Archive http://www.archivioluce.com Istituto Luce Cinecittà: all the most beautiful images and stills of how we were, relived through the films, documentaries, and videos that have shaped the history of our country. Follow us also on: Facebook -   / lucecinecitta   Twitter -   / lucecinecitta   Official Website - http://www.cinecittaluce.it Online Shop - http://www.cinecittashop.it Historical Archive - http://archivioluce.com