International Balloon Week

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2197
Date Released
12 Jul 1971
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: International Balloon Week. DESCRIPTION: To Switzerland for the International Balloon Week and a look at a team from Canada in their bid to smash the World’s altitude record with a long flight over the Berne Alps. SHOTLIST: GV balloon prepared. SV men laying out fabric. SV gas cylinders on truck pan following pipe to balloon being filled. SV 2 men carry basket. SV man hanging sandbags onto ropes. CU sandbag into basket. CU shovel into sand. LV balloon now filled making preparations. Aerial shot looking up to balloon. Oxygen into basket. SV final farewell - pan up to balloon. GV as balloon rises with mountains in b/g snow capped Berne. GV from balloon to valley. GV pan as balloon flies over. LV from balloon - of Alps. SV pan snow capped Alps. GV of Alps and balloon overhead. CU balloon overhead. GV Alps and balloon and peak.
Keywords
Aviation; Competitions
Locations
Switzerland
Footage sources
France
Card file number
97259
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
135
Story extras:
Film clip

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'International Balloon Week', British Movietone News Issue No. 2197, 12 Jul 1971. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/28927 (Accessed 05 Sep 2025)