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Balloonfest

Balloonfest (2017)

0h 7m | PG-13

⭐ 7 / 10

Mid-Missouri cult hero Nathan Truesdell sifts through a Cleveland TV station's archives and unearths a fancy wrist watch, blistered fingers and other casualties of a misbegotten exercise in civic pride. In September 1986, the city of Cleveland attempted to set a special record: the simultaneous launch of 1.5 million balloons. But fate intervened, and the result was both crazier and more tragic than anyone could have imagined.

Director: Nathan Truesdell

Studio: Oscilloscope

Genre: History, Documentary

Video: 720p

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