Barge Balloon Barrage (1940)

Full title reads: “Barge Balloon Barrage.“ Small anti-mine motorboat in heavy sea. Various shots of Air Vice Marshal Boyle inspecting men on board the motor boat “Stion“. Various shots of balloons flying from the motorboats and barges anchored just offshore, with cut-in of Air Vice Marshal Boyle. N.B. Boyle is from the . (RAF Royal Air Force) Balloon Command. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.