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3/3. The Battle of the Prop Riders. In 1950, a Seattle car dealer by the name of Stanley Sayres went out on to Lake Washington in a boat called Slo-mo-shun IV and shattered Malcolm Campbell 's world water-speed record. But this remarkable craft was to become locked in a dramatic rivalry that ended in tragedy. Director lain Scollay; Executive producer Hamish Barbour
First shown on BBC4

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Unknown:
Stanley Sayres
Unknown:
Malcolm Campbell
Producer:
Hamish Barbour
Source: Radio Times

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