Balloonfest
2017•7m•7.0•Released
HistoryDocumentary
Mid-Missouri cult hero Nathan Truesdell sifts through a Cleveland TV station's archives and unearths a fancy wrist watch, blistered fingers and other casualties of a misbegotten exercise in civic pride. In September 1986, the city of Cleveland attempted to set a special record: the simultaneous launch of 1.5 million balloons. But fate intervened, and the result was both crazier and more tragic than anyone could have imagined.
Director
Nathan Truesdell
Languages
English
Studio
Oscilloscope
Production
Company
Oscilloscope
Producer
Nathan Truesdell
Producer
Jamie Gonçalves
Producer
Charlotte Cook
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