Donald Campbell Sets Land Speed Record at 403mph (1964)

Donald Campbell Sets Land Speed Record at 403mph (1964). Campbell was a British speed record breaker who is the only person to have set both world water and land speed records in the same year (1964). On 17 July 1964, Campbell set a new world land speed record of 403.10mph for a four-wheeled car (Class A) at Lake Eyre, Australia. He was however disappointed with the record as his Norris Brothers designed Bluebird-Proteus CN7 had been constructed to reach speeds of 500mph. Campbell went on that year to set another water speed record at 276.33mph. Campbell was killed whilst attempting to set his 8th water speed record in 1967. Watch more of Donald Campbell's Record Attempts, Successes and Crashes Here: http://www.britishpathe.com/workspace.php?id=5280&view=list Check out the Sporting HIstory Channel: ‪http://www.youtube.com/sportinghistory‬ Check out the British Pathe YouTube Channel: ‪http://www.youtube.com/britishpathe‬ Follow us on Twitter: @britishpathe (‪http://www.twitter.com/britishpathe‬) Join us on Facebook: ‪http://www.facebook.com/britishpathe‬ All 90,000 British Pathe reels can be viewed and enjoyed on:‪http://www.britishpathe.com‬