balloon ascensions

A ballooning mishap sends Freddy the pig and some animal friends on a cross-country chase, on the trail of a blackmailing scheme, and into the prizefight ring.

Recounts the brief and near-disastrous history of the balloon created by the Confederate army to spy on Federal troops who had used the same means to observe Southern troop movements.

During the Franco-Prussian War, L?on Gambetta escapes from Paris in a balloon and organizes an army in the French countryside to fight against the Prussian invaders.

Not a very welcome passenger, Nathan the elephant saves the day and makes a friend when the hot air balloon carrying him and two mice runs out of fuel.

A humorous commentary on different aspects of ballooning using photographs of professional participants in the sport.

An account of how three men in a hot air balloon trace Charles Lindbergh's solo airplane route across the Atlantic in 1978.

Recounts how in 1783 three French farm animals became the first passengers ever to travel in a hot air balloon.

Mouton the sheep is fascinated by the thought of flying and she gets her wish, when she is sent up in the Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon in 1783.

A little boy floats away on his balloon across mountains, plains, cities, and the sea, until he lands on a desert island.

Introduces basic concepts such as rise and fall and one and many while following "Tickled Pink, " a rainbow colored hot-air balloon, on a flight.