Ballooning

Series

Series Name: London Line

Issue

Issue No.

374

Filmed

1971

Length of issue (in feet)

600

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: The use of balloons, on the increase for scientific purposes, has also taken on a new lease of life as a sport. We follow a ballooning expedition across the English countryside, remembering that a more elaborate expedition will attempt to cross the Sahara to West Africa in 1972.

Local distribution only

New Commonwealth version

Keywords

Sport; Aircraft

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 43 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1257/374

Credits:

Camera: Andrew Tyler
Support services: Barbara Simon
Camera: Barry Dodds
Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Support services: David Lytton
Presenter: Elizabeth Adare
Director: Eric Beecroft
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Sound: Frank Jeffs
Cutter: Jeremy Hume
Support services: Judy Davison
Presenter: Jumoke Debayo
Producer: Patrick Brawn
Cutter: Peter Day

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