+"Rapid City South Dakota USA" +1934 stock footage and images

Flight and aftermath of crash of high altitude hydrogen balloon "Explorer I" in Rapid City, South Dakota.

View of the "Explorer I" Stratosphere Balloon with a Pressurized Capsule as it prepares for take off with three occupants near Rapid City, South Dakota. U.S. Army Air Corps personnel working with the National Geographic Explorers to prepare for launch. View of the balloon during its successful take off from the ground at the "Stratobowl" in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Aerial views from a nearby airplane of the Explorer I balloon in flight over wild natural terrain. Several views of a family in a living room gathered at console radio and other people gathered at radio to listen to reports about the balloon. View of radio announcers in studio during reporting. Next scenes show aftermath of crash. Men sort through wreckage of balloon and gondola. "Army Air Corps" written on part the wrecked pressurized Capsule. Wreckage of the balloon. Officials inspect the capsule and balloon fabric wreckage. (The crew parachuted safely to the ground shortly before the gondola crashed in Loomis, Nebraska.) View of crew members on the ground including Army Air Corps Captain Albert W. Stevens, Flight commander Major William Kepner, and Captain Orville A. Anderson, pilot.