16 May 2010
Deadliest Crash: The Le Mans 1955 Disaster
Three years in the making in conjunction with the BBC. Using never seen before home movies, photos and eye witness accounts - this is the inside story of the world's biggest motorsport disaster.
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On Christmas Eve in 1986, an Icelandic cargo ship sank in the North Atlantic Ocean. Of the eleven men on board, five lived. This is the remarkable story of the heroic rescue mission that brought them home.
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Þorsteinn Gunnar Bjarnason Júlíus Víðir Guðnason
Stefán Björgvinsson Stefán Björgvinsson
Ingólfur Arnar Björnsson Sigurður Ölvir Bragason
Hólmsteinn Brekkan Sigurður L. Þorgeirsson
Sigurður Guðmann Diðriksson Anton Sigþórsson
Gunnar Friðriksson Gunnar Friðriksson
Arne Froge Arne Froge
Halldór Gunnarsson Halldór Gunnarsson
Magnús Guðfinnsson Hafsteinn Böðvarsson
Bjartur Guðmundsson Jón Snæbjörnsson
Emil Freyr Freysson Halldór Gunnarsson
Júlíus Víðir Guðnason Júlíus Víðir Guðnason
Hafsteinn Gunnar Hafsteinsson Hlöðver Einarsson
Kristinn Harðarson Kristinn Harðarson
Björn Karlsson Sigurður Sigurjónsson
Jan Rasmussen Jan Rasmussen
Ervin Shala Kristinn Harðarson
Anton Sigþórsson Anton Sigþórsson
Jón Snæbjörnsson Jón Snæbjörnsson
Kristján Sveinsson Svanur Rögnvaldsson
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