Summary

Footage Information

Sherman Grinberg
Paramount
D-6668
SR004831_01_02.mov
2/1/1955
Donald Campbell's Bluebird tested in England
Title superimposed a large lake: "On water..." / A garage building with the 'Bluebird' parked inside; a depiction of a bluebird and rivets of the vehicle; the rear end of the machine with a large cylindrical component, probably the jet engine / A man in a white coat with a pipe walks alongside the craft as it's rolled from the garage / Donald Campbell and the boat rolling into the lake ('K7') / A wide shot of the scene; Campbell's wife, Dorothy McKegg, breaks a bottle of champagne on the boat / Numerous shots of the boat in the water, propelled by the jet engine / Note: exact day not known
Donald Campbell, Dorothy McKegg
United Kingdom
Lake Ullswater

Keywords

archival
newsreel
Bluebird
boats
jets
engines
speed
garages
rivets
coats
pipes
lowering
Lake Ullswater
champagne
christenings
motorboats
powerboats
speedboats
Paramount Issues
bottles
smashing
wives
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