Crashing the Water Barrier (1956)
9m
Running Time
April 15, 1956Release Date
Crashing the Water Barrier (1956)
9m
Running Time
April 15, 1956Release Date
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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.
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Crashing the Water Barrier is a 1956 American short documentary film directed by Konstantin Kalser. It won an Oscar at the 29th Academy Awards in 1957 for Best Short Subject (One-Reel). It focuses on Donald Campbell's 1955 effort to break a water speed record on Lake Mead in Nevada, US.
In 1966, Kalser admitted that Crashing the Water Barrier was produced by Marathon Petroleum as an advertisement.