August, 1978. Paris, France. The city and its denizens were waking up slowly, as they always do. In the corner cafes and street markets, bread was being baked, coffee was being poured, and several married people were waking up with people other than their spouses, and were slipping their clothes on hurriedly, though quietly, so as not to wake their partner.
On the Porte Dauphine, filmmaker Claude Lelouch strapped a gyro-stabilized camera onto the bumper of his Ferrari 275 GTB. He had a ten minute reel. Ten minutes to make it through the Louvre to the Basilica of Sacre Coeur. And with no legal permission to do so, he had only the aid of one lookout, using what was later discovered to be a broken walkie-talkie. Achieving speeds of up to 140 MPH, Lelouch came close to hitting cars, pedestrians, and buildings as he careened up one way streets and through red lights.

The film instantly became a classic, a legend of “cinema verite”. Thanks to the internets, we have access to this breathtaking adrenaline rush. Watch it or purchase the DVD, which, naturally, has been remastered. I love the aughts!
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UPDATE: The link was dead but now should be working again.