Lake Eyre - The Waiting is the Worst

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1770A
Date Released
9 May 1963
Date submitted
3 May 1963
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Waiting Is the Worst. DESCRIPTION: Lake Eyre, South Australia, the scene of the world land speed record attempt. Rain and floods have made the surface treacherous. Donald Campbell’s certainly had a run of bad luck recently. In spite of the threat, he and his team are pressing on with Bluebird’s low speed trials and testing. Forecasts indicate that flooding might well get worse, so Campbell’s got two races on, one against the record, the other against the floods. SHOTLIST: Key scene. Tracking and angle shot of Lake Eyre. GV pan same. MS Donald Campbell climbs into Bluebird. GV Bluebird. GV same moves off. Tracking shot Bluebird across Lake Eyre (2 shots). Land speed record attempt.
Keywords
Vehicles; Records
Locations
Australia; Lake Eyre
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
86506
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
71
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Lake Eyre - The Waiting is the Worst', British Movietone News Issue No. 1770A, 9 May 1963. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25091 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)