Summary

MAN AGAINST TIME - MALCOLM CAMPBELL

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Title: MAN AGAINST TIME - MALCOLM CAMPBELL
File Number: AFP-152U 35mm VTM-152U Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Documentary
Year: 1952
Description: B W 1930s MAN AGAINST TIME - MALCOLM CAMPBELL "Sir" MALCOLM CAMPBELL.... speed was in his blood. Drove the Bluebird 302 miles per hour in 1935.. from Daytona Beach, Florida to the Salt Flats of Utah... designer and inventor. 00:46:57:00 B W 1952 ms Sir Malcolm Campbell sitting cockpit of his race car the Bluebird 00:47:01:00 B W 1939 ws ms Opening doors of Bluebird garage - the year is 1939 - the car is rolled out Campbell standing beside car announces its retirement and the shipment of the car to the Henry Ford museum in Dearborn, Michigan car is covered and hauled away on a trailer 00:47:43:00 B W 1952 ws House of Lloyds building in London Scenes inside Lloyds where Campbell began his career as an underwriter at 19 years of age 00:48:02:00 B W 1952 ws Cars in action at a race meeting Campbell being independently wealthy prefers racing over insurance 00:48:23:00 B W 1952 ws Campbell also takes up motorcycle race 00:48:33:00 B W 1925 ms Title: Pendine Sands, England 1925 00:48:36:00 B W 1952 ws Campbell sets a speed record on the Sands - 150 miles per hour 00:48:49:00 B W 1927 ms Title: Pendine Sands, England 1927 00:48:53:00 B W 1952 ms ws Campbell sets new speed record on the Sands - 174 miles per hour 00:49:03:00 B W 1952 ws Daytona Beach, Florida - Sir Henry Seagrave challenges Campbell's record with a thousand horsepower Sunbeam engine sets a new record of 203 miles per hour 00:49:33:00 B W 1952 ws Americans rollout their own car to challenge the record with a 36 cylinder giant driven by Ray Keach - he fails due to engine trouble 00:49:46:00 B W 1952 ws American Frank Lockhart tries in superbly streamlined car - he crashes and is killed 00:49:55:00 B W 1952 ws British passenger steamship 00:49:57:00 B W 1952 ms Campbell his new wife and the crated Bluebird on the deck of the steamship 00:50:10:00 B W 1952 ms Bluebird is rolled out on the sands of Daytona Beach Campbell races down the beach trying for the record he breaks the record reaching 207 miles per hour he is given the Daytona Beach Trophy a symbol of the world championship 00:51:09:00 B W 1952 ws Malcolm Campbell and his bride at Niagara Falls on their honeymoon 00:51:27:00 B W 1952 ws Campbell returns to Daytona Beach 3 years later with a rebuilt Bluebird to try for new record set by Seagrave Campbell finally succeeds racing to a new record of 245 miles per hour 00:52:24:00 B W 1952 ws London street scene 00:52:27:00 B W 1952 ws Campbell is knighted - reveals he wants to reach 300 miles an hour 00:52:41:00 B W 1935 ws ms 1935 Campbell returns to Daytona with a rebuilt Bluebird reaches a new record but not 300 miles per hour receives plaque from the people of Daytona Beach 00:53:38:00 B W 1952 ws ms Salt Flats in Utah Campbell has brought the Bluebird for a try at the 300 mile an hour record he reaches 302 miles per hour setting a new record 00:54:49:00 B W 1952 ws ms Campbell returns to England where makes a series of tests to improve the safety factor in passenger cars he is now 50 years old 00:55:04:00 B W 1952 ms Sensing the approach of war Campbell designs and builds one of England's most modern bomb shelters 00:55:13:00 B W 1952 ms Campbell invents bandit catching device - a hydraulic device installed in a police car which is extended to hook on to the bumper of the bandit car 00:55:32:00 B W 1952 ws Indoor water tank used for testing of models Campbell uses it to test a model of his speed-boat 00:55:47:00 B W 1937 ms ws Campbell launches his speed-boat in 1937 on Lake Maggiore (Switzerland) christens it the Bluebird sets new record that summer of 129 miles per hour set a new record in 1939 of 141 miles per hour 00:56:43:00 B W 1952 ws ms Several shots of bomb damage to English cities at the start of WWII 00:56:54:00 B W 1952 ws ms Several shots of motorcycle troops organized and commanded by Campbell he served in the army for 6 years and came out a major 00:57:15:00 B W 1952 ms Several shots of the experimenting that Campbell did to produce a jet engine for his boat he tests the jet propelled boat (age 62) 00:57:57:00 B W 1949 ms Sir Malcolm Campbell's death on January 1, 1949 is shown in the obituary column of the Manchester Guardian dated January 3, 1949 00:58:06:00 B W 1952 ms Several repeat shots of Campbell in his cars and boats
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