Check out this breathtaking footage of the 1962 Monaco Grand Prix filmed in glorious 70 mm color. If you don’t have a time machine, here’s the next best thing.

This beautifully produced segment on the 1962 Grand Prix of Monaco was originally part of a German travel documentary entitled Flying Clipper, later repackaged for English-speaking audiences as Mediterranean Holiday with voiceover by the golden-piped Burl Ives. Film historians say this was the first and only feature movie filmed in a Cinemascope-like 70 mm  widescreen process called Wonderama, which would account for the clear, wonderful color and dramatic panoramas, we suppose.

There’s plenty to take in here, including in-car shots from a road car-mounted camera pacing the race field, fantastic aerial footage, and street scenes that are beyond picturesque. It’s hard to believe that Formula 1 races were once conducted in such a casual setting, but here we are. This was the fascinating 1.5-liter peashooter era of Formula 1, and the race cars are delicate ballerinas, petite and agile machines from Porsche, Ferrari, and Lotus. The record will show that Bruce McLaren won that day in a works Cooper-Climax, but the atmosphere at Monaco is so wonderful that the race result seems almost anti-climactic. Please enjoy the view.