''Crashing the Water Barrier'' is a 1956 American short film, short documentary film directed by Konstantin Kalser. It won an Academy Awards, Oscar at the 29th Academy Awards in 1957 for Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, Best Short Subject (One-Reel). It focuses on Donald Campbell's 1955 effort to break a water speed record on Lake Mead in Nevada, US. In 1966, Kalser admitted that ''Crashing the Water Barrier'' was produced by Marathon Petroleum as an advertisement.

Cast

* Knox Manning as Narrator * Donald Campbell as Speedboat racer * Malcolm Campbell, Sir Malcolm Campbell as Auto racer (archive footage) (uncredited) * Narration: Jay Jackson (announcer), Jay Jackson

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* 1956 films 1956 documentary films 1956 short films 1950s short documentary films American sports documentary films Live Action Short Film Academy Award winners Warner Bros. short films Documentary films about water transport Motorboat racing Documentary films about Nevada Lake Mead 1950s English-language films 1950s American films {{short-documentary-film-stub