Balloon Barrage Aka Salloon Barrage (1939)

Unused / unissued material - no paperwork - dates unclear or unknown People including lots of children gaze upwards. RAF (Royal Air Force men) hoist flags with letters on. Shot of barrage balloon. Shot of letters hanging on wires from balloon - letters spell out ’You need us - We need you’. More shots of same. Shots of barrage being inflated on ground. Shots of people looking up into the air. More shots of the balloon being inflated. 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 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage
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