Finding Primary Sources for Early Formula 1

[needmoretorque]

Hey, I've been working on a project where I started with the 1950 formula season, and am digging up whatever media I can find--one race at a time. Anyway, it looks like US magazines, readily found on Google, do not start picking up the stories until the late fifties. Anyway, I just wanted to put a feeler out as to whether anybody could point me in the right direction toward primary source materials from the earliest Formula 1 championship.

I realize this a bit of an odd question, so thanks in advance for any thoughts you may have.

[Absolutelee]

Are the British counterparts to the US magazines available online too? Or UK newspapers. I'm an ignorant American, so I don't know if those papers still exist.

Also, there was a series of videos posted here, something like 'the history of a gentleman racer' and it's all this gentleman's own footage. Would that not count as a primary source?

[needmoretorque]

I also am an ignorant American. Does anyone know what sites might cover the full text of British magazines from the early 1950s (for free?). I'm in a rural location, so I don't have access to a library with subscription resources. Do you have the link for the gentleman videos?

Also, people can check out what I have so far at
http://www.gpevolved.wordpress.com

[Absolutelee]

Ahh finally found it!

http://www.f1technical.net/forum/viewto ... ry#p399451

I dunno if they are still up though. I think the video itself would be considered primary whereas anything said in the commentary would not.

[strad]

they are available upon request