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The Alpine Rally, also known by its official name Coupe des Alpes, was a rally competition based in Marseille and held from 1932 to 1971. In the 1950s and the 1960s, it was among the most prestigious rallies in the world and featured an international route, consisting of famous mountain passes in Europe.
January 29 – Ascenseur pour l'échafaud is an early example of the French New Wave; it is also notable for the improvised soundtrack by Miles Davis. Le Beau Serge is credited as the first French New Wave feature. February 16 – In the Money by William Beaudine is released. It will be the last installment of The Bowery Boys series which began ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 January 2025. 1958 January February March April May June July August September October November December This article is about the year 1958. For other uses, see 1958 (disambiguation). Calendar year Millennium: 2nd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s ...
Jean-Claude Killy (born 30 August 1943) is a French former World Cup alpine ski racer. He dominated the sport in the late 1960s, and was a triple Olympic champion, winning the three alpine events at the 1968 Winter Olympics, becoming the most successful athlete there. He also won the first two World Cup titles, in 1967 and 1968.
Serge Lang (6 June 1920 – 21 November 1999) was a French journalist, alpine skier and the founder of the alpine skiing World Cup. As a journalist he covered alpine skiing, cycling, and other sports for five major publications. In the mid-1960s, he envisioned a season-long series of ski races, which became the World Cup skiing circuit.
In the 1950s, Alfa Romeo Giulietta won the 1957 Tour de Corse and the 1958 1000 Lakes Rally, [42] as well as the Alpine Rally in 1956 and 1958. [ 43 ] [ 44 ] The victories in Alpine Rally were replicated in 1963 ( Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ ), 1964 ( Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ ), 1966 ( Alfa Romeo GTA ) under the management of the racing department ...
The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1958 were held 1–9 February in Bad Gastein, Salzburg, Austria. [1]Austrian Toni Sailer, 22, won three gold medals and a silver.The triple gold medalist from the 1956 Winter Olympics successfully defended three of his four world titles.
The Alpinist is a 2021 American documentary film directed by Peter Mortimer and Nick Rosen about Marc-André Leclerc, a free-spirited and little-known 23-year-old Canadian rock climber, ice climber, and alpinist. From 2015 to 2016, a film crew followed Leclerc as he solo climbed some of the most difficult and dangerous alpine climbing routes in ...