TOPICAL BUDGET 288-1 (fragment) [Main Title]

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  • Title: TOPICAL BUDGET 288-1 (fragment) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 1061-05b
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  • Summary: Newsreel item on a Belgian observation balloon section, Western Front, early 1917.
  • Description: The balloon section lorries arrive at an area of flat ground and the men start to inflate the balloon. The inflated balloon stands ready to ascend. Horses, towing a car out of a patch of soft ground, shy at the camera. The balloon is not seen ascending or in the air.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1917-02-26
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Topical Film Company (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Belgian Army, Balloon Corps (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: aircraft, Belgian - balloon: observation kite balloon (object name) transport, Belgian military - truck, special: balloon lorry (object name) animals, mammals: horse (object name) 01/3(4-15).6 (event) Belgium (geography) mud (concept) camera (concept)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 67 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Production: see IWM 651a and IWM 1061-01 for production details Technical: this fragment is currently held on the same reel as IWM 1061-05a-i, the can is marked as IWM 1061-05
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 1061-05b

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