Aero Stills (1961)
Kensington, London. M, S of a small barrage balloon being unloaded from a trailer in a mews (a street sign seems to read Jay Mews ); a man holds onto the balloon s strings; M, S of a lead from the balloon being plugged into a hand winch. One of the men attaches a stills camera to a metal ring hanging from the base of the balloon and removes the lens cover. Commentator tells us the men are a highly specialised team of cameramen who use balloons to get some remarkable photographs of practically anything you care to name. M, S of the man crouching beside a remote control box; he works the controls to make the camera tilt back and forth and move around. M, S and L, Ss of the balloon rising up onto the air; on the side of the balloon are the words Aero Stills Ltd : M, Ss of the winch winding to let out the cable and one of the men looking up. C, U of some black and white aerial photographs that have been taken with the contraption; a hand lifts each picture off the pile to show the next one; they include
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