Fate Stepped In 1967

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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...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
55776
Sort Number:
67/003
Time in/Out:
01:51:05:00 / 01:54:15:00
Canister:
67/3
Film ID:
1834.31
Issue Date:
08/01/1967

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