Five Weeks in a Balloon | |
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Based On: | Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne |
Directed By: | Irwin Allen |
Released: | August 22, 1962 |
Runtime: | 101 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Five Weeks in a Balloon is a 1962 steampunk film based on the novel Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne.
Plot[]
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. He must race against a group of slavers who seek to claim the same territory.