Hot air balloons floating in air during contest (1925)
GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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The Gordon-Bennett Balloon Race produces accidents and fun
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SLATE INFORMATION: The Gordon-Bennett Balloon Race The Great Race from Brussels Produced a Crop of Accidents to International Balloonists
BELGIUM: Brussels:
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BELGIUM (?)
Main Titles TITLE: GAUMONT GRAPHIC
(4ft)
Opening Titles TITLE: As above in Subject heading
(15ft)
GV side shot of four balloons in a row - the first one lifts off
(22ft)
GV Pan across from one balloon to the next
(32ft)
MV Man and woman waiting in basket
(39ft)
Graphic TITLE: CAPTAIN JOHNSON & COMM. DOUGALL WHO HAD NARROW ESCAPES WHEN THEIR BALLOON “ELSIE“ WAS WRECKED BY A TRAIN.
(48ft)
MV Capt. Johnson & Comm. Dougall in basket
(60ft)
GV the whole area where the crowd are watching a balloon lift off.
(69ft)
Ground to air shot of balloo