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ioneer Dr. Jean Piccard takes off from Rochester with a cluster of small balloons. Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: Dr. Piccard Tries a New Type of BalloonUSA: Minnesota: Rochester:EXTUSA: Iowa: Lansing:EXTBALLOONS Dr Jean Piccard's Cluster of Balloons catch firePICCARD, Dr Jean (Brother of Prof Piccard) Ascend with Cluster of Balloons,which catch fire at Rochester MinnisotaScience and Technology; Disasters and Accidents; Failureshigh-altitude balloonist, clustered high-altitude balloons, invention, inventor, Auguste Piccard, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Gene Roddenberry, Century of Progress, 1933 World's Fair, plastic balloonsBackground: Balloon pioneer Dr. Jean Piccard takes off from Rochester with a cluster of small balloons rather than one large one, achieves a height of two miles, and lands relatively unharmed in Iowa after the balloons burst and burn the gondola FILM ID: VLVA4QCR369LK3HITE0YTFVSDMACS To license this film, visit https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA4QCR369LK3HITE0YTFVSDMACS-DR-JEAN-PICCARDS-CLUSTER-OF-BALLOONS-CATCHES-FIRE-IN-THE-AIR Archive: Reuters Archive managed by: British Pathé