Gordon Bennett Balloon Race (1925)

Item title reads - Gordon Bennett Balloon Race. Deprived of Zeppelins by allies - German aviators now specialise in balloon contests. Leipzig - Germany. M/S of four hot air balloons, the camera pans across the nets holding them down. It pans down to people watching on the ground. M/S as one balloon flies up into the air. L/S as they fly away into the distance. Note: this item is amber tinted, there is a shorter black and white version with the same title on *PM0392*. 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 fr
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