Summary

Donald Campbell sets Bluebird speed boat record at 22563 mph in Coniston, England

Source Sherman Grinberg
Newsreel Paramount
Negative # D-7857
Clip SR005164_01_01mov
Date 09/19/1956
Title Donald Campbell sets Bluebird speed boat record at 22563 mph in Coniston, England
Description Title: Water Speed -- Campbell Beats Own Record superimposed over Donald Campbell, British speed boat racer, shaking hands / speedboat bluebird on runway rails in shed with words it World Water Speed Record, man working on Bluebird and people watching / CU Campbell / mechanic wipes off the bottom of Campbell's shoes as he stands on Bluebird / mechanics around Bluebird / flames shoot from tail of Bluebird / MS side view Campbell in cockpit / Bluebird moves across water / MS Campbell's wife, Dorothy, daughter Georgina and mother Dorothy watching / LS Bluebird speeding across water at 286 mph / CU stopwatches in box on man's lap / LS Bluebird speeding across water at 164 mph / Campbell standing up in Bluebird waves
Personality Donald Campbell
Country United Kingdom
City Coniston

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