Dr. Jean Piccard’s cluster of balloons catches fire in the air (1937)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Balloon pioneer Dr. Jean Piccard takes off from Rochester with a cluster of small balloons. Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: Dr. Piccard Tries a New Type of BalloonUSA: Minnesota: Rochester:EXTUSA: Iowa: Lansing:EXTBALLOONS Dr Jean Piccard’s Cluster of Balloons catch firePICCARD, Dr Jean (Brother of Prof Piccard) Ascend with Cluster of Balloons,which catch fire at Rochester MinnisotaScience and Technology; Disasters and Accidents; Failureshigh-altitude balloonist, clustered high-altitude balloons, invention, inventor, Auguste Piccard, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Gene Roddenberry, Century of Progress, 1933 World’s Fair, plastic balloonsBackground: Balloon pioneer Dr. Jean Piccard takes off from Rochester with a cluster of small balloons rather than one large one, achieves a height of two