Transatlantic balloon crossing success
- Title
- Transatlantic balloon crossing success
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 18 Aug 1978
- Year of production
- 1978
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- Duration
- 00:03:02
- Description
- Pat Abruzzo, wife of captain Ben Abruzzo, on wives’ support for the US team who successfully crossed the Atlantic on their hot air balloon, Double Eagle. Speaking to a reporter at a press conference in Paris following the successful crossing. Male reporter not identified.
- Contributors
- Pat Abruzzo
- Keywords
- France; Record attempts; Balloons; Atlantic Ocean; Ben Abruzzo; Larry Newman; Max Anderson
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LBC/IRN, "Transatlantic balloon crossing success". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0009500369005 (Accessed 08 Jun 2025)