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Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Continental News

Date released

2 May 1946

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

882A

NoS ID

013833

Story no

4 / 9

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Balloon Race. DESCRIPTION: Hot Air Balloons recently took off from the Place de la Concorde, Paris for a race. SHOTLIST: KS Elevated shot of crowds gather around hot air balloons....

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Attempt to balloon over Mount Everest (1989)

Genre

Interview; News report

Veteran mountaineer Chris Bonington and Britain’s top balloonist Per Lindstrand are to make a world recordbreaking attempt to fly a hot air balloon over the peak of Mount Everest. The pair discuss the...

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Balloon Race

Date released

3 Oct 1968

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

719

NoS ID

122039

Story no

3 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: Balloons for balloons’ sake are the order of the day at Heveningham Hall, Halesworth in Suffolk, where they’re blowing up for what they hope will be an astounding ascension - a balloon...

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In the Wide Open Spaces! Ballooning!

Date released

10 Mar 1932

Series name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue no

562

NoS ID

332940

Story no

5 / 6

NoS Summary - Views from a hot air balloon over rivers, forests and towns. British Pathe synopsis: "There’s no place like home and no wider open space than the air - And the way to envy one and enjoy the...

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The night is young (1988)

Genre

Interview; News bulletin; Music; Advertisement; Trailer

Gill Pyrah interviews Julian Nott on The Night is Young show. He is to set out to circle the globe in 18 days in a hot air balloon. The balloon is the first of it’s kind with a pressurised cabin, needed...

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Richard Branson to attempt Pacific balloon crossing (1989)

Genre

News report; Interview

James Bays reports on the proposed attempt by Virgin businessman, Richard Branson, to cross the Pacific Ocean by hot air balloon. Includes interviews with co-pilot Per Lindstrand on the disastrous previous...

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Transatlantic balloon crossing success (1978)

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

Report on the successful 6-day transatlantic hot air balloon crossing by US balloonists in their balloon, Double Eagle. They crossed the Atlantic, Ireland and England and landed in a cornfield just short of...

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Hot Air Balloon

Date released

Sep 1971

Series name

Roundabout

Issue no

112

NoS ID

328054

Story no

4 / 4

COI synopsis: Hot-air ballooning.

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Hot Air Balloon

Date released

Apr 1972

Series name

Carrousel Britanico

Issue no

53

NoS ID

324842

Story no

4 / 5

COI synopsis: The sport of hot-air ballooning.

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In the Wide Open Spaces! Ballooning!

Date released

30 Nov 1933

Series name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue no

652

NoS ID

333332

Story no

2 / 5

NoS synopsis: Views from a hot air balloon over rivers, forests and towns.

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