Crashing the Water Barrier (1956)

Name: Crashing the Water Barrier
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1956-04-15

Running Time

April 15, 1956
Release Date

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Plot.

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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Cast & Crew.

Jay Jackson

Narrator (voice)

Donald Campbell

Himself

Konstantin Kalser

Director / Producer

Reuven Frank

Writer

Kenneth Baldwin

Editor

Heinz von Jaworsky

Director of Photography

Robert Youngson

Production Supervisor

Details.

Release Date
April 15, 1956

Status
Released

Running Time
9m

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2025-02-11

This Movie Is About.

motor sport

speed boat

speed records

Wiki.

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.