The Rise and Fall and Rise and Fall of Hot Air Balloons
Channel: Dunce Cap
Date: 2021-07-19

The tragicomic history of hot air balloons, daredevil aeronauts, and early high altitude adventurers.

IMAGES & SFX
picryl.com
pexels.com
freepik.com
archive.org
flickr
mitchmartinez.com
wikimedia commons
edinburghrecords.com/free-sound-effects

MUSIC
Summers Coming  I Creative Commons Volume. 2 by Dexter Britain
Corbyn Kites | Instant Crush
La Madeline Au Truffe (composed by Jeris) | basematic
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, Movement I (Allegro), BWV 1049 Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Entering The Tower | Scott Holmes Music


A full list of images, sounds, and music attributions (with links) is available here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d5-u8vo1Vlz6cHLSKdAO_viUjnRAJfM0CBmLc6Vun5Y/edit?usp=sharing

According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, about a 100 people are called each year by falling trees and branches. According to the National Transportation Safety Board, 16 people died in hot air balloon accidents between 2002 and 2012. So despite the story presented here, if you're unsure whether you should take a hot air balloon ride in near future - it's probably safer than taking a in a shady park.