Logging Balloon (1967)

No title - Balloon aids lumbering of trees, Vancouver, Canada. Various shots of logging balloon being inflated, zoom back to show the balloon. C/U of large cylinders on lorry which read ’Compressed gas, non-flammable Helium’. Various shots as the balloon is inflated. Big C/U of man adjusting rope on side of balloon, pan to marking on the balloon labelled ’Airborne Southend-on-Sea’. Various shots as balloon is inflated. A lorry drives past carrying more gas cylinders. Various shots of a lumberjack sawing through a large pine tree. M/S top of the tree as it starts to fall. C/U base of the pine tree as it breaks away and crashes to the ground. Interior C/U of the machine which controls the balloon, pan to show big cables outside the machine which control the balloon. M/S of the balloon above the trees. C/U of the end of the cable in mid-air as it swings towards trees which have been felled. M/S as two lumberjacks attach the cable to a log. C/U of lumber man as he looks into the air. Various shots as la