| Crashing the Water Barrier | |
| Director: | Konstantin Kalser |
| Producer: | Konstantin Kalser |
| Starring: | Knox Manning Donald Campbell |
| Cinematography: | Henry Javorsky |
| Editing: | Kenneth Baldwin |
| Distributor: | Warner Bros. |
| Runtime: | 9 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
Crashing the Water Barrier is a 1956 American short documentary film directed by Konstantin Kalser. It won an Oscar at the 29th Academy Awards in 1957 for Best Short Subject (One-Reel).[1] [2] 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.[3]