Crashing the Water Barrier

Name: Crashing the Water Barrier
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1956-04-15
Duration: 9 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Jay Jackson, Donald Campbell

6.4(9 votes)

1956

0h 9m

Documentary

motor sportspeed boatspeed records

Overview

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.