Professor Piccard’s balloon is destroyed by fire near Brussels (1937)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Professor Piccard’s (scientist, inventor, and balloonist) stratosphere balloon catches fire in the air and falls to the ground, destroyed Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: Stratosphere Balloon Destroyed BELGIUM: Brussels: EXT BALLOONS Prof Piccard’s hot-air Balloon burnt out near Brussels PICCARD, Prof & Wife. BALLOONIST. present when his hot-air Balloon is burnt near Brussels. Aviation; Science and Technology; Belgium; Personalities - Intellectuals aerodrome, gas burner mischarge, Auguste Antoine Piccard, Jean Felix Piccard, Jeannette Ridlon Piccard, Swiss, Switzerland, twins, twin, professor, balloonist, physicist Background: Professor Piccard’s (scientist, inventor, and balloonist) stratosphere balloon catches fire in the air and falls to the ground, destroyed FILM ID: VLVA46DC52Y89TXW7DENTGYEW0K0N To li