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Society Ballooning, Pittsfield, Mass. (1906)

Society ballooning, Pittsfield, Mass

At the beginning of the film, a group of men can be seen gathered around a flat area near a large municipal gas tank. Most of the group are attending to the skin of a big balloon in the foreground near the camera. The remainder of the film shows the balloon being filled with gas until it is buoyant enough to become air...