.: Gordon Bennett Balloon Contest at St. Louis (1929)

EMPIRE NEWS NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Six nations compete in international hot-air balloon race from St Louis. Full Description: SLATE CARD INFORMATION: Gordon Bennett Balloon Contest USA: St Louis: EXT Hot-air balloons lined up (race contestants) / General views of hot-air balloon taking off / Close up of hot-air balloon rising as race contestant seen waving from balloon basket SLATE CARD: “Eventually adjudged the winner - the American “Goodyear VIII“ which travelled 355 miles“ Close up of contestant waving from basket of hot-air balloon Background: Six nations compete in international hot-air balloon race from St Louis. FILM ID: VLVA7OKI58MCMRNOWT5LMN02V4V6W To license this film, visit Archive: Reuters Archive managed by: British Pathé