Crashing the Water Barrier (1956)

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.

Released April 15, 1956 9 min 7+

Genres: Biography, Documentary, Short

Keywords: tmdb.motor-sport, tmdb.speed-records, mdblist.imdb-short, mdblist.two-actors, tmdb.speed-boat, imdb.record, imdb.water-speed-record + 20 more, imdb.boat, imdb.lake, imdb.nevada, imdb.lake-mead, imdb.jet-powered-boat, imdb.auto-racer, imdb.racing, imdb.father-son-relationship, imdb.united-states-of-america, imdb.racer, imdb.race-against-time, imdb.one-reeler, imdb.englishman, imdb.england, imdb.archive-footage, imdb.1950s, imdb.1940s, awards.oscar-winner, awards.oscar-nominated, aspectratio.1-37-1