Fate Stepped In (1967)

Item title reads - Fate stepped in. Donald Campbell dies in record bid. Lake Coniston, Cumbria. We hear Donald Campbell’s muffled last words from the car. L/S Lake Coniston. L/S’s covers being pulled from over the car Bluebird. C/U as Bluebird is put into the water. C/U Campbell in the cockpit. C/U of the engine, pan up to the tail with Union Jack on it. C/U as the engines start and Bluebird moves away. L/S Campbell’s E-type Jag. M/S pan with Bluebird making its first run across lake from right to left. M/S people listening at the radio van. L/S people watching on shore. L/S as Bluebird comes towards camera from left to right on the fateful run and we hear Campbell’s voice from the cockpit. The car’s nose lifts, goes into a back somersault and crashes into the water. M/S police car pulling away. L/S rescue launch at the crash scene collecting wreckage. L/S wreckage floating in water. L/S police and ambulance. C/U’s ambulance. M/S boats at the crash scene. M/S and L/S Leo Villa in one of the boats. M/S
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