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30 results found for '"Balloons"' in Keywords.
John Strange flies hot air balloon across Berlin Wall (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the London man, John Strange, who is to stand trial in West Berlin after flying a hot air balloon from West Berlin to East Berlin on 28/08/83. Includes interviews with Strange and Greenpeace...
Artsweek (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; Music
Artsweek, presented by Sue Jameson. As the Arts Council is expected to announce a cut in funding for many organisations, Deputy Editor of the Times, Bryan Appleyard, talks about his new book, The Culture...
Richard Branson on crossing the Atlantic by balloon (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Richard Branson on his latest record attempt - to take a hot air balloon across the Atlantic. He talks about the conditions of the challenge, how the weather will affect it, how difficult it will be to...
The night is young (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News bulletin; Music; Advertisement; Trailer
Gill Pyrah interviews Julian Nott on The Night is Young show. He is to set out to circle the globe in 18 days in a hot air balloon. The balloon is the first of it’s kind with a pressurised cabin, needed...
Per Lindstrand on balloon race (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Rodney Bennett interviews hot air balloonist, Per Lindstrand, in Battersea Park, about plans for the first ever balloon race from England to Paris for charity and fun and on the problems involved in...
Richard Branson’s UFO hoax (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Angus Moorat reports on Richard Branson’s trial run for an April Fools’ Day flying saucer hoax, which resulted in the police being called to deal with a UFO. Inspector Andrew Neilson says it could have...
Anticipated long distance balloon flight to Leningrad (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male, who is awaiting the necessary weather conditions to make a long distance balloon flight over an expected three days to Leningrad, Russia. Speaking of the anticipated relations with his...
Richard Branson to attempt Pacific balloon crossing (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
James Bays reports on the proposed attempt by Virgin businessman, Richard Branson, to cross the Pacific Ocean by hot air balloon. Includes interviews with co-pilot Per Lindstrand on the disastrous previous...
Richard Branson balloon attempt fails (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Julie Sedgwick interviews businessman Richard Branson about the failure of his record-breaking attempt to fly a balloon across the Pacific. He and co-pilot Per Lindstrand were just 45 minutes from take-off...
Attempt to balloon over Mount Everest (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Veteran mountaineer Chris Bonington and Britain’s top balloonist Per Lindstrand are to make a world recordbreaking attempt to fly a hot air balloon over the peak of Mount Everest. The pair discuss the...