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Crashing the Water Barrier

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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.

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English
  • motor sport
  • speed boat
  • speed records

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United States of America

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  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical15 Apr 1956

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Crashing the Water Barrier was released on 15 April 1956.

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    CinemaSerf

    7/28/2025

    6/10

    This has a disappointingly superficial, newsreel, look to it as it takes us to Lake Mead in Nevada. That’s where Donald Campbell has come from the UK to try and emulate his father’s land-speed record, only on water this time, on a lake hopefully devoid of the logs he encountered at home. The first few practice runs present problems. Not enough oxygen is getting in to let the jet breathe, then too much water is gettin…

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