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Ballooning

Series

Series Name
London Line

Issue

Issue No.
374
Filmed
1971
Length of issue (in feet)
600
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Ballooning
  2. 2Craft Straws
  3. 3Visikit Clocks
  4. 4Black Velvet

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

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk
Web
http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
Phone
020 7255 1444
Fax
020 7580 7503
Address
21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN
Notes
The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
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