The film also shows that interested spectators included none other than Zsa Zsa Gábor.
Trintignant and González won by a mere 4.09km after 24 hours, and only just failed to beat the record distance for the race set the previous year in perfect weather.
It was Ferrari’s first works Le Mans win, interrupting Jaguar’s run of Le Mans victories from 1953 to ’57.