Balloon Safari

Duration: 55 min.

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1979

Creator: BENCH

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Follows the adventures of Joan and Alan Root as they buy and learn to fly a hot air balloon so they can film the land and wildlife of Kenya in a new way., Explores the intricacies of hot air ballooning over the African Plains. narrated by David Niven.

Complete Record: , Recounts with humor a hot air balloon adventure over Kenya. Alan Root foresaw the hot air balloon's ideal possibility as a platform for filming animals but not the escapades in learning how to fly it. With his wife, Joan, Root touches down in a lake and is dangerously dragged across it by the wind. They land in a forest and are finally the first to balloon over the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro at 25,000 feet. , Follows Joan and Alan Root, wildlife photographers, as they first learn to fly and then travel across East Africa in a hot air balloon. Shows Alan learning to control the balloon after several mishaps. Surveys animal life, topographical features, and ecological problems of the area. Portrays the Masai and points out the impact tourism has had on their lifestyle. Highlights an elephant attack during a raft trip down the Mareb River. Concludes with the Roots' balloon flight over Mount Kilimanjaro. Narrated by David Niven., , Explores the intricacies of hot air ballooning over the African Plains. narrated by David Niven.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.