Donald Campbell Documentary - The Heroic World Land & Water Speed Record Breaker

Donald Campbell set the world water speed record on my hometown's lake (Lake Dumbleyung) in the Great Southern Region of Western Australia, 250km's South East of the capital city of Western Australia, Perth.
Dumbleyung Lake received world recognition when Donald Campbell broke the world water speed record on it on 31 December 1964, travelling at 444.66 km/h (276.3 mph) in his boat Bluebird K7. A granite memorial to Campbell can be seen at Pussy Cat Hill, a prominent feature and vantage point to view the entire lake area
Dumbleyung Lake - Wikipedia
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Dumbleyung Lake, also widely known as Lake Dumbleyung, is a salt lake in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The lake has a length of 13 kilometres (8 mi) and a width of 6.5 kilometres (4 mi); it covers a total area of 52 square kilometres (20 sq mi)
Dumbleyung, Western Australia - Wikipedia
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The lake nearby was discovered and named Dambeling Lake by explorers Henry Landor and Henry Maxwell Lefroy in 1843, and the current spelling was used by surveyors in the 1860s and 1870s
Donald Malcolm Campbell CBE (23 March 1921 -- 4 January 1967) was a British speed record breaker who broke eight absolute world speed records on water and on land in the 1950s and 1960s. He remains the only person to set both world land and water speed records in the same year (1964). en.wikipedia.or...
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[@WildWarriorBill]

Donald Campbell set the world water speed record on my hometown's lake (Lake Dumbleyung) in the Great Southern Region of Western Australia, 250km's South East of the capital city of Western Australia, Perth. Dumbleyung Lake received world recognition when Donald Campbell broke the world water speed record on it on 31 December 1964, travelling at 444.66 km/h (276.3 mph) in his boat Bluebird K7. A granite memorial to Campbell can be seen at Pussy Cat Hill, a prominent feature and vantage point to view the entire lake area Dumbleyung Lake - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumbleyung_Lake Dumbleyung Lake, also widely known as Lake Dumbleyung, is a salt lake in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The lake has a length of 13 kilometres (8 mi) and a width of 6.5 kilometres (4 mi); it covers a total area of 52 square kilometres (20 sq mi) Dumbleyung, Western Australia - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumbleyung,_Western_Australia The lake nearby was discovered and named Dambeling Lake by explorers Henry Landor and Henry Maxwell Lefroy in 1843, and the current spelling was used by surveyors in the 1860s and 1870s Donald Malcolm Campbell CBE (23 March 1921 -- 4 January 1967) was a British speed record breaker who broke eight absolute world speed records on water and on land in the 1950s and 1960s. He remains the only person to set both world land and water speed records in the same year (1964). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Campbell Billy www.losttreasure.com.au/

[@jayslife775]

He died on the lake me and my friends swam in every year as kids/teenagers in the late 2000s. Cumbria, short drive from coniston water is where my farm lay. Obviously as a teenager I didnt know of Cambell, now 24 and builder of homemade vehicles and a fascination for speed, everyear when I go for a swim, the goosebumps... ahh man, R.I.P

[@Dragonblaster1]

And of course, he also broke the world wheel-driven land speed record at Lake Eyre when he was in Australia . The only man ever to break both records in the same year.

[@daweshorizon]

Donald Campbell, a true hero. Love and peace.

[@robharding4028]

A true British motoring hero ! He was a determined man, with much bravery who didn't want to let the British public down, Or indeed the wider world , No doubt aware of this mans dream to push the boundaries even further ! R I P Sir Donald Campbell.

[@deansmith6924]

God bless bill smith for bringing the skipper and boat home. Risked his life to do it as well. His single willed determination to restore K7, and bring the skipper home can never be underestimated. Everybody else had 34 years to do so but left them at the bottom of a cold dark lake. RIP SKIPPER 🙏

[@puma55792]

This man had some guts,to knowingly put your life on the line needed nerves of steel,

[@STR82DVD]

I feel a certain sadness for Donald. Thanks so much for sharing.

[@Dragonblaster1]

People have blamed Donald’s fatal crash at Coniston Water on cowardice, that he was so scared that he turned around to make his second run without refuelling. I am convinced that the first run did scare him badly, and that he turned right around for the second run, because he worried that if he waited for up to an hour to refuel, he might talk himself out of it. However, being scared is not cowardice, and going on to risk your life when you could just say, “perhaps not today” is not cowardice, it is heroism. Going on also after his near-fatal crash at Bonneville also took huge amounts of courage that would have been beyond most men.

[@waldostakes1432]

Magnificent man, magnificent story.

[@thgtchr6815]

I was a newspaper boy when this happened. A number of my customers got their papers late that day. I remember reading the story, looking at the picture of the boat in the air, and trying to imagine what it must have been like to be in that boat when it all went bad. A brave man was lost that day. I am so glad that they finally found his boat and his remains for his daughter, who could then give him a proper burial. He is still missed and mourned.

[@WildWarriorBill]

Thanks mate, he was a true hero and should have been Knighted for his deeds!

[@malcolmmitchell6529]

I thought it was his Wife THETA

[@ericgeorge5483]

It was a pleasure to watch this fab documentary to such a brave man, who will go down in history as one of the all time great SPEED KINGS.

[@only1hawky]

The BBC repeated this documentary on 23rd March, 2021, exactly 100 years after he was born. Very poignant and touching, and I think that what he said to his wife (to look after herself) during their last phone conversation on the day before he died was quite telling, almost as if he had a premonition that he wasn’t coming back to her. I went on an organised trip to Coniston Water while staying in Windemere back in November 2018. It felt very eerie standing by the waters edge, remembering what had happened there.

[@yvonnemaryastill4399]

And it was unbelievably eerie too that his funeral took place on September 11th 2001! 🖤

[@leongt1954]

I was only 9 years old when the car passed our school and the way to lake Eyre and stopped so the hole school could see it such a beautiful car I still can picture it to this day

[@Dragonblaster1]

On the day of his death, Donald didn’t wait to refuel K7, making the front of the boat light. He just turned right around and started back. Perhaps he thought that the full load of fuel on the first run had robbed him of the 300, so he thought running light would give him the speed he wanted rather than kill him.

[@mickharrison9004]

I'd say your spot on with that .

[@weltonreds]

My boyhood hero...

[@cappnzak]

One helluva guy!Thank you for all you gave,Donald Campbell. And thank you,guys,for posting this thoroughly enjoyable doco.

[@WildWarriorBill]

Thanks mate!

[@SophiaDady]

Thank you for sharing - we are celebrating this month as we come up to what would have been Donald's 100th Year on the 23rd March! I'm releasing a brand new record for his birthday and an album containing 8 records for his 8 records achieved! Xx

[@Dragonblaster1]

Ironic how Sir Malcolm Campbell, Craig Breedlove, Art Arfons, Sir Henry Segrave and their ilk will be remembered for what they did during their lives, while Donald Campbell, who tried so hard to make a dead man proud of him, is more famous for his death.

[@kevinmichaelcallihansr5053]

I am visiting Wild Warrior Bill because of Bert Munro documented in film titled The World's Fastest Indian with Anthony Hopkins as the historical New Zealander. Thank you kindly.

[@garybrockwell2031]

He does the film of Mr Campbell 1988 BBC ACROSS THE LAKE🎬 I was thinking of the fast Indian 🇬🇧💯 I think Mr Hopkins does great job in both....

[@invisibleray6987]

A real British patriot, its very poetic that he died in his beloved Bluebird

[@WildWarriorBill]

Donald Campbell set the world water speed record on my hometown's lake (Lake Dumbleyung) in the Great Southern Region of Western Australia, 250km's South East of the capital city of Western Australia, Perth. Dumbleyung Lake received world recognition when Donald Campbell broke the world water speed record on it on 31 December 1964, travelling at 444.66 km/h (276.3 mph) in his boat Bluebird K7. A granite memorial to Campbell can be seen at Pussy Cat Hill, a prominent feature and vantage point to view the entire lake area en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumbleyung_Lake Donald Malcolm Campbell CBE (23 March 1921 -- 4 January 1967) was a British speed record breaker who broke eight absolute world speed records on water and on land in the 1950s and 1960s. He remains the only person to set both world land and water speed records in the same year (1964). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Campbell Billy www.losttreasure.com.au/

[@johnday6392]

A man out of his time, patriotic, loved his country, it's history and traditions, full of courage, who wants that in this ''modern'' world?

[@ArmyofLove]

This voice over sounds like slater from only fools and horses

[@philclarke313]

It is indeed Jim Broadbent

[@judymotto7338]

RIP DONALD CAMPBELL

[@josephdupont]

Dear Editor, Donald Campbell broke the 200 MPH water-speed record on Lake Mead, Nov. 16, 1955 in his Blue Bird Jet powered boat and survived. The first man to do so and live. His two runs were 239 MPH and 193 MPH for an average of 216 MPH. After Lake Mead he continued to raise the water speed record to 276.33 mph. on January 4th, 1967 he lost his life getting airborne at over 300 mph. So I guess the question is has Nevada put up a plaque on the breach where history was made with the full cooperation of our military? Perhaps you could get the full scale model Blue Bird used in the Anthony Hopkins movie about his last record attempt. Or make your own. If something has not been done to celebrate this event it's still not too late.

[@richardvernon317]

Actually He did it at Ullswater in the Lake District with a speed of 202 MPH. The Lake Mead Record was the second WSR he got (The Boat actually sank while on that lake before the record and had to be savaged. The USAF did help the Bluebird team to get the boat operational again). Of course, K-7 was later recovered and rebuilt in the 2000's and has actually been run at up to 150MPH).

[@WildWarriorBill]

Donald Campbell's Bluebird Replica - Dumbleyung - Western Australia - 1964 World Water Speed Record kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4q0i5WEa5t7m80

[@KevinMichaelCallihan]

Extraordinary quantum physics via film and music remaining the best, perhaps ...

[@KevinMichaelCallihan]

EXCELLENT documentary prepared on the bottom line by BBC SCOTLAND and they try to make SCOTLAND smaller in font, which made me laugh as I keep a flag of Ireland in the front window where I live, for now ...

[@TheArpomni2]

Wow never seen the footage where you can here the man recording and spectators talking etc , and Leo etc shouting at etc other when looking for his body etc

[@timtaylor8406]

Donald Campbell was born into speed, was beholden to speed and eventually died at speed....his last water speed attempt was not necessary but he could do nothing else ..it was read on the cards the night before

[@Dragonblaster1]

Donald Campbell after his Bonneville crash: “You can pop out those little dents, can’t you?”

[@themossypottery]

You'd have to feel sorry for the poor wife watching first, Sir Malcom and then her son Donald risking their lives in their pursuits.

[@christopherknowlesfarley3900]

Now and then...

[@ullswater6]

@ 0:40 Coniston is not in Lancashire. It's in Cumbria. Close, though.

[@velocedriving6831]

It was Lancashire until 1974

[@ullswater6]

@@velocedriving6831 I stand corrected.

[@ShadX222]

The start is just like Bioshock :O

[@trevordonohoe3712]

his problem was he never fueled up for his second attempt that put his weight out of calculations the rest is history...RIP donald

[@richardvernon317]

There was actually plenty of fuel in the boat to do the second run, The crash was caused due to a fault or design flaw in the fuel system that caused fuel starvation to the engine and a loss of thrust. The thrust line of the engine pushed the nose down when the boat was planing and when the thrust dropped off the nose of the boat lifted. As for not stopping, Campbell suffered a flameout of the engine at the end of the first run and had had to restart it to get to the end of the course. The engine starting system of K-7 was only good for 2 starts, thus Campbell risked getting stuck at the refuelling boat had he stopped. My Bother is on the Restoration team and showed me what caused the accident.

[@user-lo1iz8tj1v]

@@richardvernon317 Thank you. :)

[@betacam235]

That makes perfect sense...thank you for the detail.@@richardvernon317

[@malcolmmitchell6529]

All take from other far superior documentaries.

[@cr6925]

Very interesting and poignant

[@mattkaustickomments]

At 39:12, what is Saddam doing there?!?!?

[@ppgedez]

3 years late but nice one man that nearly made me laugh out loud for real. Had to go back to see and yeah there he is a big smiley Saddam Hussain. 🙂

[@mattkaustickomments]

@@ppgedez Thanks man!!! I too had go back to look, and wouldn’t you know it...he’s THERE! I too did a genuine LOL on that one. 😀

[@rolfdejonge3915]

Super! Thanks! ✌️🤠💥🌟💢❤️ @#rolfdejonge@