Stratosphere Balloon - Poland (1938)

Warsaw, Poland. Several shots of men and women working on the construction of a new stratosphere balloon, sewing huge amounts of silk on a sewing machine and tying numerous ropes. The balloon is to be used for a flight by two Polish Scientists. Brief shots of the sealed ’capsule’ of the balloon. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.