Learning on ScreenThe World Hot Air Balloon Championships
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- British Movietone News
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- 1 / 1
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- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: World Hot Air Balloon Championships. DESCRIPTION: At Castle Howard in Yorkshire, Balloon buffs from twenty-three countries gathered for the World Hot Air Balloon Championships. This is the first time that this bi-annual event has been held outside the United States. It is almost 200 years since Frenchman Joseph Montgolfier stumbled on the idea of Hot Air flight and the age of aeronautics began. Members of the American team took the first three places in the Championship. SHOTLIST: MS basket being prepared. MS burner section being prepared. MS balloon unravelled. Various of same. LS basket carried. Shots balloon being carried. CU motorises fans started. MS fan filling balloon with air. Ditto. Pan man walks into balloon. GV interior balloon - man checks release cord. MS fan inflating balloon. Various of preparation inside balloon. CU gas supply turned on. CU burner ignited. GV interior flame heating balloon. MS man operating balloon. Shots balloons being inflated. CU burner. MS burner to Robertsons display ‘Golly’ balloon . Zoom out from head of ‘Golly’ balloon. PAn field of balloons inflated and taking off. CU balloon basket of Austrian Josef Starkbaum. MS balloon take off. Various shots of balloons taking off and in flight. MS J&B balloon team waving. GV view from balloon to ground. CU balloonists in flight. CU burner fired. LS J&B balloon. Air view balloons in flight. More air shots. Spectators. GV balloons. LS balloon drops streamer maker. CU photographers. CU streamer falling and landing in field. GV judges check streamers. CU streamer falling. Shots judges checking streamers. Air view balloon lands in field. CU balloonist. GV balloonist approaching trees. Air view tree tops on landing approach. LS balloon landing. MS balloon lands and is deflated. CU ditto. MS balloonists out of baskets. GV dawn balloons preparing for. Various of dawn sequence - balloons taking off. Air view balloons in flight. Various balloons in flight heading towards flight. GV balloons in flight. Various balloons towards sunset.
- Keywords
- Aviation; Competitions
- Locations
- Yorkshire; Castle Howard
- Card file number
- 77/173
- Credits:
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- Camera
- Denis White
- Commentator
- Leonard Martin
- Length of story (in feet)
- 711
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