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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.
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
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