Five Weeks in a Balloon(1962)
DISCOVER...! The slave market of Zanzibar! The forbidden city of Timbuktu! The treacherous Simoon of the Sahara!
Professor Fergusson plans to make aviation history by making his way across Africa by balloon. He plans to claim uncharted territories in West Africa as proof of his inventions worth.
Movie: Five Weeks in a Balloon
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Donald O'Shay
Susan Gale
Fergusson
Ahmed
Sir Henry Vining
Makia
Jacques
Sultan/Actioneer
The Prime Minister
Consul
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Professor Fergusson plans to make aviation history by making his way across Africa by balloon. He plans to claim uncharted territories in West Africa as proof of his inventions worth.
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1962-08-22
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5.3
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DISCOVER...! The slave market of Zanzibar! The forbidden city of Timbuktu! The treacherous Simoon of the Sahara!
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