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Balloon Race
Also known as [Ballooning in New York]
(1903) United States of America
B&W : 100 feet
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: (unknown)

American Mutoscope & Biograph Company production; [?] distributed by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company? / Cinematography by Wallace McCutcheon. / © 22 August 1903 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company [H34980]. Released late August 1903. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot on 11 August 1903. [?] Poor camera framing of the subject may have kept this film from being released.

Documentary: Actuality.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in Niver-Early p. 22.

Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive, 16mm reduction preservation negative, 16mm reduction preservation positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Balloons (Hot-air)

Listing updated: 19 July 2008.

References: Niver-Early pp. 21-22 : Website-AFI.

 
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