Donald Campbell - Bluebird Record Breaker
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ม.ค. 2025
- A biography of prolific British record breaker Donald Campbell, holder of World Water and Land Speed Records in the 1950s and 60s.
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Thrust: The Remarkable Story of One Man's Quest for Speed by Richard Noble
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Railton: Man Of Speed by Karl Ludvigsen
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Goldenrod: The Resurrection of America's Speed King by John Baechtel
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Speed Duel by Samuel Hawley
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The History Of Speed by Martin Roach
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Donald Campbell: The Man Behind The Mask by David Tremayne
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Bluebird and the Dead Lake: The Classic Account of how Donald Campbell broke the World Land Speed Record by John Pearson
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Leap into Legend: Donald Campbell and the Complete Story of the World Speed Records by Steve Holter
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Bluebird CN7: The Inside Story of Donald Campbell's Last Land Speed Record Car by Donald Stevens
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Parry Thomas: The First Driver to be Killed in Pursuit of the Land Speed Record by Hugh Tours
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Quest For Speed: The Epic Saga of Record-Breaking On Land by Barry John
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The Fast Set: Three Extraordinary Men and Their Race for the Land Speed Record by Charles Jennings
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Man Against the Salt by Harvey Shapiro
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Ultimate Speed: The Fast Life and Extreme Cars of Racing Legend Craig Breedlove by Samuel Hawley
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Infinity Over Zero: Meditations on Maximum Velocity by Cole Coonce
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Speedquest: Inside the Blue Flame by Richard Keller
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Crusader: John Cobb's ill-fated quest for speed on water by Steve Holter
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"In this photo, it's the vehicle on the left"
LOL Nice one.
"The vehicle on the left" I like it! 😂👍😎
Haha, as if there was any doubt the Mini was (not) the LSR car!
where?
I am happy to hear that final note about grumpy Malcolm finally being satisfied with his son's struggles. I am under the impression that poor Donald spent his whole life seeking his father's approval. Poor devil, he made something great but was always haunted by his father. History did him justice. Finally.
Thanks for uploading once again, I always like it when i get an alert from your channel :)
Love your work.
One more stellar job. Great video, mate!
A great man bless him R. I. P.
I read 'Bluebird and the Dead Lake', about the Lake Eyre fiasco, at the age of 15 when it was first published, and I got a bad feeling about Donald Campbell from it. I got the impression of a man so driven to prove himself a match for his father that one day he'd overreach himself and come to a sticky end. Years later I discovered that Sir Malcolm, who was more than a bit of a bastard, had habitually put his son down, along the lines of 'You'll never be the man I am.' Notice how in both photos of Donald with his father, at the beginning and again at 0.42, Malcolm is smiling and Donald isn't?
I vividly remember how I was having my tea in front of the television on that day in January 1967, when the evening news began. As soon as the footage of Bluebird hurtling across Coniston came on, without pause for thought I said aloud, 'He's killed himself.'
Underatted channel can wait for u to hit 100k and 1m
As always a wonderful and well researched video by Scarf and Goggles. Donald Campbell was a very courageous man especially after his high speed accident in the USA. The only man to hold the land and water records at one time. His like will never be seen again. RIP Donald.
8:35 you dont say? I was sure it was the mini...
Thank you for such a great video scary records in even scarier vehicles it goes to show the pressure of sponsors and time restraints as well as the publics demands take their toll.
Great video!
Absolutely brilliant Channel. 👍
I stumbled on your videos a few months ago and I don't know I've ever commented how much I enjoy the content and information in your videos. The speed with with these records were being broken so early in the 20th century never ceases to amaze me.
Glad you like them!
Well done, thanks.
Nice video. Thanks.
With a gut feeling like he had, he lost trust in the ability of his machine, he must have realised the massive undertaking he was trying to achieve, pushing himself and machine so much, so hard and far,
Remember as a young boy hearing the news of Donald's fatal accident and over the years feel that he was always overshadowed by his domineering Father when,in truth,he was a talented and very courageous man on his own right and his professional history more than proves this RIP Donald Auckland New Zealand 2024
'Like the forest fight for sunlight, that takes root in every tree' eh? Well made video.
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Can you do a video on water speed records?
I have pictures of K4 before the jet, with the jet but not when it went to being a prop rider.
Any suggestions, just for my own Campbell collection?
Might be worth a look at the Bluebird Supporters page on Facebook, there are sometimes photos posted on there from people's personal collections...
Curious assertion at end considering his father did everything he could to stop Donald from pursuing record breaking
Not surprised he married so many times, he was a good looking lad, and being a dare devil probably helped too.
Donald had a Bugatti pedal car !
What a childhood !
The narrators voice sounds familiar
It still hurts. It was terrible.
Donald Campbell was a south London boy? Well I never.
iv built a 1/8 scale model of bluebird 4 and 7 each one 5 foot long
the memory lives on is my motto.each one copied from the original.
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