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30 results found for '"Balloons"' in Keywords.
Atlantic air balloon crossing fails (1977)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Ben Abruzzo is interviewed on his aborted Atlantic crossing by air balloon. He landed in the sea near Iceland, on top of a basking shark. Interviewer not identified.
US balloonists’ record Atlantic crossing (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with unidentified American male (presumably Ben Abruzzo, Larry Newman or Max Anderson) on his team’s successful attempt to cross the Atlantic by hot air balloon (16/08/78). He also pays tribute...
Cross-Atlantic balloon record attempts (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with unidentified British male (presumably Don Cameron or Christopher Davey) in the wake of the American team’s record crossing of the Atlantic by hot air balloon. The speaker talks about his own...
Transatlantic balloon crossing attempt (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Don Cameron and Christopher Davey aim to be the first men to cross the Atlantic in a hot air balloon. The Zanussi balloon also doubles as a boat, should they come down into the Atlantic. Both men are...
Proposed Atlantic air balloon crossing (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Don Cameron on his proposed crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by hot air balloon. On cutting the distance by starting in Newfoundland rather than the USA, and on the design of the balloon, the influence of wind...
Transatlantic balloon crossing success (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Pat Abruzzo on the success of her husband Ben’s transatlantic crossing in the hot air balloon Double Eagle. He was the captain of the US team that crossed over the Atlantic, Ireland, England and landed in...
Transatlantic balloon crossing reaches Ireland (1978)
- Genre
- News report
Terry Declan reports from Ireland back to the studio on successful transatlantic balloon crossing for a US team and the passing of the balloon across Ireland. The balloon is now heading to its final...
Transatlantic balloon crossing success (1978)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the landing of US balloonists in a cornfield short of Paris in France following their successful Transatlantic crossing in their balloon Double Eagle. Includes interview with captain Ben Abruzzo....
Transatlantic balloon crossing success (1978)
- Genre
- Press conference
Press conference in Paris by co-pilot Max Anderson on the successful transatlantic crossing by hot air balloon by the US team crossing the Atlantic, Ireland and England and landing in a cornfield short of...
Transatlantic balloon crossing success (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
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...