Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. STRATOSPHERE FLIGHT OF BALLOON

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. STRATOSPHERE FLIGHT OF BALLOON

1934

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/65353

ummary: Coverage of the preparations for, flight, explosion, and crash of the balloon "Explorer," which climbed to 60,613 feet during flight for National Geographic Society. Scenes are included of the balloon being inflated; christened by Mrs. Berry, wife of South Dakota governor; launching from moonlight Valley Bowl, Rapid City, South Dakota; its explosion and crash while descending; and the crew, Maj. William Kepner, Capt. Albert Stevens, and Capt. Orvil Anderson, parachuting to safety. Also shows clip of Generals Oscar Westover and Ben D. Foulois in Washington listening to short wave broadcast of flight progress. Good (Basic: Dupe neg)

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Foulois, Benjamin Delahauf, 1879-1967

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Benjamin "Benny" Delahauf Foulois (December 9, 1879 – April 25, 1967) was a United States Army general who learned to fly the first military planes purchased from the Wright Brothers. He became the first military aviator as an airship pilot, and achieved numerous other military aviation "firsts". He led strategic development of the Air Force in the United States. Foulois was born in Washington, Connecticut to a Franco-American pipe-fitter and a Boston-born nurse. At age 18, he used his older...

Westover, Oscar, 1883-1938

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Oscar F. Westover enlisted as a private in the Army in 1901 and the following year won an appointment to the U. S. Military Academy. He was commissioned in the Infantry in 1906. After assignments in the Philippines, Washington, and Alaska, he transferred to the Signal Corps and then the aviation section. Westover attended the Air Service Airship School, the Air Service Primary Flying and Advanced Flying Schools, the Air Corps Tactical School, and Command and General Staff School. As a result of ...