Hot Air Balloons (1951)

Unissued / unused material. Festival of Britain site, South Bank, London. LS hot air balloon being inflated on festival site. MS balloon’s feed pipe and gas cylinders. MS feed pipe and side view of balloon, men are removing sand bags weighing it down. Front view partly inflated balloon. MS crowd. LV Skylon pans down to balloon. MS man getting into balloon’s basket. LS balloon about to go up. MS balloon going up. MS RAF airmen looking up. LS balloon sailing away. Date on dope sheet is 11/09/1951. 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