Craig Breedlove quest for Mach 1

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Title Craig Breedlove quest for Mach 1
Media Number A0910_055
Description Color video of seven films about Craig Breedlove's attempt to recapture the land speed record and break the sound barrier using a jet-powered motorcycle streamliner, "Spirit of America." Item 1 is a Dateline NBC story, aired in October of 1996, "Survivor speed," produced by Meade R. Jorgensen; edited by Paul Nichols, on Craig Breedlove's attempt in the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nevada. Item 2 (beginning at 4:55) is a story from ESPN's "SpeedWeek" program,"Quest for Mach 1," about Breedlove's attempt. Parts 3 through 6 (beginning at 6:46), is a series of episodes on "Speedvision" with announcer Gary Lee, entitled "Quest for Mach 1," aired on Tuesday through Friday, October 23 - 26, 1996, covering Breedlove's four days at Black Rock Desert, climaxing at the failed attempt on Friday. Part 4 begins at 29:46; Part 5 at 51:50; Part 6 at 1:16:42. Part 7 (beginning at 1:40:44) is an episode of on The Learning Channel's "Popular Science," entitled "Speed freak," recapping Breedlove's career through the attempt on October 26, 1996.
Date 1996-11
Spatial Coverage Black Rock Desert, Washoe County, Nevada, United States; Bonneville Salt Flats, Tooele County, Utah, United States
Subject Breedlove, Craig; Noble, Richard, 1946- ; Automobile racing--Nevada--Black Rock Desert; Black Rock Desert (Nev.)--History; Utah Salt Flats Racing Association--Archives
Collection Number and Name A0910 Utah Salt Flats Racing Association video collection
Collection Name Utah Salt Flats Racing Association
Holding Institution Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Genre VHS
Type Image/MovingImage; Sound
Format video/mp4
Extent 01:48:06
Rights http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0
Finding Aid https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv74556
ARK ark:/87278/s65aczqw
Setname uum_usfravcr
ID 2910433
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65aczqw