Campbell Crash ! (1960)

Campbell’s Crash. L/S Bluebird on the track at Goodwood in Sussex. Back View the exhaust pipes. M/S Donald Campbell and his wife Tonia walking round and looking at Bluebird. C/U Mechanic making last minute adjustment to air brakes. C/U Air brake closing pan to show the other closing as well. L/S Pan Campbell walking into the cockpit of bluebird. L/S Campbell getting into Bluebird. L/S One of the service trucks pan to L/S of bluebird being prepared. C/U Campbell sitting in bluebird’s cockpit. C/U Bluebird’s engines start. L/S Campbell sitting in Bluebird with the cockpit cover now tightened down. L/S Bluebird coming towards camera. Pan to M/S of it going along the track. C/U Pan Campbell sitting in Bluebird going round the Goodwood track. Cataloguer’s note: This is library footage the actual crash happened on the Bonneville Flats. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES.