| 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 |