The Balloonists Derby (1929)

Item title reads - New balloons soar in Gordon Bennett race. St. Louis - 6 foreign bags (rest of title is obscured by timecode.). L/S of crowds on the ground, M/S of huge hot air balloons. M/S as men attach sandbags to the netting, the camera pans across them. M/S of the balloons suspended in the air. M/S’s as people gather around one ready to go. L/S of one floating in the air. M/S of United States Navy balloon in the air displaying the Star Spangled Banner, pan down to basket underneath. M/S of Good Year airship flying in the sky between them. Note: another version with the same title and some of the same footage exists in G 1649 on *PM0804*. 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 136,00