The Red Balloon

Year Published: 1956

Creator: Films inc.

Complete Record: a little French boy finds a red balloon. runs down the street, gives balloon to a man to hold. boy walks with a man with an umbrella down street with balloon. boy alone asks for directions. balloon goes up to boy’s window. balloon follows boy around town... all over... again, again and again. boy gets on trolley car... balloon miraculously follows. children in school, balloon waits outside. man tries to catch balloon. balloon follows boy home. balloon hits unsuspecting man in the head. children run out of school, balloon follows boy home . boy passes little girl with blue balloon, and guess what!... the balloons are attracted to each other. gang of children try take the red balloon from the boy. boy runs away with balloon. boy squashes the red balloon, then all the balloons of France unite and fly away into the sky, then they all come down to the boy, he grabs all of them and flies away.