Full title reads: “Lake Eyre. Campbell Triumphs“. Lake Eyre, Australia. Donald Campbell sets a new World Land Speed Record at 403.1 mph. SV of Donald Campbell's record breaking Bluebird car on the salt flats. Various Shots of mechanics looking over the car. Various shots of surface of of salt flats being flattened out. CU of Donald Campbell and his wife Tonia. She hands over him a mascot, a small teddy bear called 'Whoppit' to Donald who puts it in the cockpit. Various shots of the 'Blue Bird' making fast jet powered runs across the Salt 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. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British
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