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- "Five Weeks in a Balloon" is, in a measure, a satire on modern books of African travel. So far as the geography, the inhabitants, the animals, and the features of the countries the travellers pass over are described, it is entirely accurate.
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Plot summary. A scholar and explorer, Dr. Samuel Fergusson, accompanied by his manservant Joe and his friend professional hunter Richard "Dick" Kennedy, sets out to travel across the African continent — still not fully explored — with the help of a balloon filled with hydrogen.
- Jules Verne
- 1863
Five Weeks in a Balloon is a 1962 American adventure film loosely based on the 1863 novel of the same name by Jules Verne filmed in CinemaScope. It was produced and directed by Irwin Allen ; his last feature film in the 1960s before moving to producing several science fiction television series.
Five Weeks in a Balloon: Directed by Irwin Allen. With Red Buttons, Fabian, Barbara Eden, Cedric Hardwicke. In 1862, the British commission inventor Fergusson to claim uncharted land in West Africa for Britain by flying his giant hot air balloon there.
- (1.4K)
- Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- Irwin Allen
- 1962-08-22
The first mention of Five Weeks in a Balloon, EVER, in the English press has now been identified as January 31, 1863, 5 years before the first assumed appearance in 1868! AND the review, that was originally noted as 1st appearing in December, 1868, actually appeared, with credit to its Author, in October, 1863 (actually Sept 28, 1863)
Five Weeks in a Balloon is a 1962 adventure film from Irwin Allen, loosely based on Jules Verne's 1863 novel of the same name. It features an All-Star Cast including Red Buttons, Fabian, Barbara Eden, Cedric Hardwicke, Peter Lorre, Richard Haydn, and Herbert Marshall.
The first Extraordinary Voyages, Five Weeks in a Baloon, opened one of the world's most widely read literary series. For this first trip, Jules Verne takes us to Africa, then an unexplored continent, to bring Doctor Fergusson across the continent from east to west onboard a simple balloon, the only means of air transport.
Jul 26, 2021 · It documents an apocryphal jaunt across the continent of Africa in a hydrogen balloon designed by the omniscient, imperturbable and ever-capable Dr. Fergusson, as the prototype of the Vernian cerebral adventurer.
