The Balloon Goes Up

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1538A

Date Released

27 Nov 1958

Date submitted

25 Nov 1958

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Stars at Premiere
2. 2New Forth Bridge
3. 3The Balloon Goes Up
4. 4Somaliland Tour
5. 5Tales of Hoffnung

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Balloon Test. DESCRIPTION: A balloon, The Small World, with members of the crew aboard at Cardington, undergoes a test. The plan, recently announced by the Daily Mail, is to take the balloon to Tenerife, and from there to drift across the Atlantic, fetching up, it’s hoped, somewhere in the West Indies. If all goes well, with their test, they’ll soon be off. SHOTLIST: LS balloon in flight (key). GV balloon brought out of hangar. MS members of the crew. MS basket. MS crew in basket. LS tilt up balloon. MS man holding winch. LS balloon in flight. Same. Closer - same (2).

Keywords

Mass media; Aviation

Locations

England; Cardington

Card file number

75618

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Length of story (in feet)

62

Story extras:

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