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1920 International balloon race
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0:29Now PlayingDate: 22nd November 1920
Location: U.S.A., Alabama, Birmingham
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Four Nations Compete in Big Balloon Race
USA: Alabama: Birmingham:
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LS man standing on field.
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SV 2 men walk away from balloon equipment laid out on the ground.
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SV man attending in front of huge balloon, blown up.
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SLATE INFORMATION: Gobs help to unroll the French balloon
SV sailors unrolling balloon.
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SLATE INFORMATION: The sandmen
SV sailors filling sack with sand.
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SLATE INFORMATION: Pilots of U.S. Army balloon
MV officer shakes hands of two pilots.
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SLATE INFORMATION: French pilots
MV 2 French pilots wave.
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SLATE INFORMATION: Italians
MV 2 Italian pilots.
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