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Intending to attack his own record this month, Sir Malcolm Campbell stands beside his re-designed, jet-propelled speed boat, Bluebird, at Porchester, (...)
Intending to attack his own record this month, Sir Malcolm Campbell stands beside his re-designed, jet-propelled speed boat, Bluebird, at Porchester, (...)

Intending to attack his own record this month, Sir Malcolm Campbell stands beside his re-designed, jet-propelled speed boat, Bluebird, at Porchester, (...)

Date6/2/1947
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Original Toronto Star caption: Intending to attack his own record this month, Sir Malcolm Campbell stands beside his re-designed, jet-propelled speed boat, Bluebird, at Porchester, Eng. He set a world record of 141.7 m.p.h. in the craft in 1939.
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