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Crashing the Water Barrier

  • April 1956
  • 9mins

  • Documentary
  • Directed by

    Konstantin Kalser,

    Starring

    Jay Jackson,

    Donald Campbell,

    The story of Donald Campbell, son of the late Sir Malcolm Campbell, British champion auto-racer, and his efforts to survive driving a jet-powered boat at record speeds on Lake Meade, Nevada. After a number of failures at breaking the water-speed record of 216 mph, Campbell and his boat, the 'Bluebird', set a new record by, at times, breaking 250 mph.