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.
Plot
Cast Knox Manning as Narrator Donald Campbell as Speedboat racer Sir Malcolm Campbell as Auto racer (archive footage) (uncredited) Narration: Jay Jackson
References
External links
Crashing the Water Barrier at AllMovie