Reel Number: 221403-04
Color: Black and White
Sound: SD
Year / Date: N/A
Country: USA
Location: California,Catalina Island
TC Begins: 04:03:43
TC Ends: 04:05:00
Duration: 00:01:17
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California (Balloon Meet) Hot air balloons rising from Catalina Island, spectators under umbrellas. Mrs Barbara Keith putting on life vest & helmet, puts good luck mascot into balloon & lifting up, taking off. View from balloon of spectators on ground. View of balloon rising. 04:04:32 Don Piccard looking up son & nephew of Jean-Pierre & August Piccard, jumps onto seat & rising up. View of Ocean & balloon. Sports; Recreation; Death; 1964; Note: Winds disrupted the race. Piccard’s balloon tore on a tree while over the island; Barbara Keith became the first hot-air ballooning fatality.