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World Service,30 Dec 2017,9 mins

Donald Campbell and Bluebird

Sporting Witness

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In January 1967 the record-breaking British driver, Donald Campbell, was killed at the helm of his jet-boat Bluebird as he tried to beat his own water speed record. His only daughter, Gina, remembers her legendary father. This programme was first broadcast in 2013. Photo: Campbell's boat "Bluebird" on a training run (Getty Images)

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