Crashing the Water Barrier
MovieTitle | Crashing the Water Barrier |
User score | 6.1 |
Release date | Apr 15, 1956 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Konstantin Kalser |
Production country | United States of America |
Production companies | Warner Bros. Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation |
Run time | 9 min. |
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.