Bird's-Eye View of San Francisco, Cal., from a Balloon

Name: Bird's-Eye View of San Francisco, Cal., from a Balloon
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1902-01-22
Rating: 6.5

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Documentary

Taken while ascending some 2,000 yards into the clouds, and represents a most diversified view of the city of San Francisco, the Golden Gate, Pacific Ocean, and surrounding country for miles. The huge balloon from which this picture was taken is 75 feet in diameter, 250 feet in circumference and about 105 feet high, and it requires some 150,000 feet of gas to raise it from the ground.