"Bluebird" Set For Record Bid

Series

Series Name
Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.
55/13
Date Released
14 Feb 1955
Length of issue (in feet)
713
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
Donald Campbell gets Bluebird ready at Ullswater for world record attempt
Keywords
Ships and boats
Locations
Ullswater
Footage sources
Movietone
Credits:
Editor
Edward Bilsdon
Camera
Norman William Roper
Camera
Robert Kenneth Leslie Gordon
Length of story (in feet)
80
Story extras:
Film clip
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'"Bluebird" Set For Record Bid', Pathe News Issue No. 55/13, 14 Feb 1955. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/106284 (Accessed 02 Mar 2026)