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Balloonfest (2017) | Slate

Balloonfest

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Rated 7.0 on TMDB

Balloonfest

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.

Released: 2017
Runtime: 7m
Genres: History, Documentary
Country: United States of America
Language: English

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