A fascinating short documentary by Nathan Truesdell about the 1986 Guinness record attempt by the city of Cleveland, Ohio to simultaneously release 1.5 million balloons – a spectacular stunt that turned into an environmental disaster as the city realised it was just littering on a gigantic, wildlife harming, health and safety baiting scale.
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If you ever get a chance, “The Moon’s a Balloon” by David Niven is a brilliant read.
Hope he was a better writer than he was a James Bond.
Brilliant! There was some follow-up too, I think.
I second that, Bertie. A wonderful read by an excellent man, by all accounts.
Ah the 80’s, when we thought the environment was a mythical land far far away.
Was it not a galaxy far far away?
Cleveland, Ohio, ‘No longer the mistake on the lake’ :-)
I cringe when I see people sending those flaming lanterns off, are they still legal?