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Nineteen Miles Up

Date released

26 Aug 1957

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

57/69

NoS ID

107820

Story no

2 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

Major David Simons, US army doctor, reaches a record altitude of more than 100,000 feet by balloon.

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Dr Piccard Goes Up with Ninety-Five Balloons

Date released

29 Jul 1937

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

670

NoS ID

035332

Story no

4 / 6

Extras

1 shot list

Novel multi-balloon-power-craft makes two miles ascent, but is destroyed on landing.

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Roving Camera Reports: The King and Queen with the Balloon Barrage

Date released

26 Oct 1939

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

606

NoS ID

059620

Story no

4 / 7

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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4,000 Miles Up

Date released

4 Nov 1957

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

57/89

NoS ID

107927

Story no

5 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

At Eniwetok, US scientists demonstrate a novel method of launching a rocket - from a balloon. Helped by the "floating start" it goes higher than any man-made object has done before.

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On to Air Supremacy

Date released

12 May 1938

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

752

NoS ID

035932

Story no

6 / 8

Extras

1 shot list

His Majesty the King inspects Air Force stations and sees latest equipment in flying tour of two hundred miles. And balloon barrage and speech by Winston Churchill (Manchester).

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News from Korea

Date released

8 Nov 1951

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

51/90

NoS ID

104425

Story no

7 / 8

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list

Yanks wounded by Truce Zone balloon. HMS Amethyst in action again. Yanks lay on biggest rocket barrage.

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Flying Bomb Defeated! Full Story

Date released

11 Sep 1944

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1412

NoS ID

039281

Story no

2 / 3

Extras

1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

Censors lift veil from most enthralling story of the present war. Exclusive Paramount pictures convey an impression of the tremendous extent of the damage. Films of balloon barrage, anti-aircraft artillery...

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Roosevelt’s Sane Call to Europe

Date released

20 Apr 1939

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

554

NoS ID

058964

Story no

3 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

Including shots of Mussolini. Hitler. Chamberlain. Daladier. Abyssinia. Austria. Czechoslovakia. Memel. Albania. The King and Queen at Hook Balloon Barrage. Artillery in action at Shoeburyness. National...

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Commandos of the Air - First Pictures (Superimpose)

Date released

12 May 1941

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1064

NoS ID

037789

Story no

1 / 1

Extras

1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list

With commentary by Mr Leslie Irvin, world-famous parachute authority, these vivid pictures give a complete record of how Britain’s newest service is trained. Included are: Strenuous ground training...

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Round Britain at Whitsun

Date released

10 Jun 1954

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

54/44

NoS ID

105860

Story no

5 / 9

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list

Pathe News camera record the highlights of the holiday events: the Round-Britain Cycle Race; White City Athletics; selection of "Miss England"; Donkey Derby; Film Stars Garden Party; balloon ascent; and a...

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