Crashing the Water Barrier

6.4
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 9 min
  • Premiere: 1956. April 15.

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.

Discover

Jay Jackson

Narrator (voice)

Camera

Heinz von Jaworsky

Director of Photography

Directing

Editing

Production

Robert Youngson

Production Supervisor

Writing

Camera

Heinz von Jaworsky

Director of Photography

Directing

Editing

Production

Robert Youngson

Production Supervisor

Writing