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I Removed the bit about cannibalism. The Indians try to burn Passepartout at the stake, and he refers to the incident as being 'cooked,' but there's not the slightest implication the Indians planned to eat him. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.2.129.220 ( talk) 05:14, 3 July 2009 (UTC) ---
Regular 35 mm film runs 90 feet a minute with 24 frames per second (fps). Still with 24 fps a 70 mm print runs 112,5 feet per minute. This movie was shot in 65 mm with 30 fps, e.g. 140,625 feet per minute. With a running time of 183 minutes, the total length of a print must have been 25 734,375 feet (7 843,8375 m), not only 22 000 as claimed in this article. I will change accordingly. -- Towpilot ( talk) 04:58, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
This is from "A collision in the air", which is another Verne novel. I was surprised when I read AtWi80D. I think it works well to make the film great fun for the kids too. 69.122.62.231 ( talk) 20:59, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
I noticed the "citation needed" notation on the claim "The movie holds the record for the highest number of animals ever employed." IMDB's trivia page for this movie states that "The film utilized the talents of, at that time the most animals ever in any film," suggesting that the record has since been broken. Perhaps the claim in the article should be revised to say "at that time" until it can be verified that this movie still holds that record. Erality ( talk) 23:23, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
I added a "citation needed" to the claim that "Todd also used over 6000 buffalo for a stampede scene" because IMDB's trivia page states that "2,448 buffalo" were used. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Erality ( talk • contribs) 23:35, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
Mr. Todd appears to have mistakenly kept Princess Aouda in Hindu garb when in fact her dress in the original novel is carefully described by Verne: a dress of Scotch stuff, a mantle, and a beautiful otterskin pelisse. I still have no idea why he did it that way.
"£55,000 (equal to £3,641,794 today)" Too many significant figures. I don't know on what date that sentence was written, but I bet if I did the calculation today it would no longer be accurate. 91.107.166.36 ( talk) 22:30, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
Worth saying that there is no balloon in the novel. Kittybrewster ☎ 12:27, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
There's no hot air balloon in the movie. It appears to be a hydrogen balloon. My memory of the movie is unreliable, but the posters clearly show a gas balloon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.38.36.227 ( talk) 18:37, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
Folks, I am cruise the back issues of PM and PS and FLIGHT looking for citations for aviation and weapons article. When I came across a 1956 article dealing with the special effects used for this movie. I removed the smaller citation needed tags from the texts and then I removed the larger one at the top of the article/production section. I may have been a little zealot in removing the larger citation needed boxes. I left the smaller citation need tags in the paragraphs which the 1956 PM article did not cover (eg the Bullfight). If anyone wants to revert that action I have no problem with it. If I did over do it, my apologizes. Jack --
Jackehammond (
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06:05, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
IT IS NOT A HOT AIR BALLOON!!
IT IS NOT A HOT AIR BALLOON!!
IT IS NOT A HOT AIR BALLOON!!
Why do the editors and writers insist on calling it one, as if any balloon large enough to carry people must be a hot air balloon? The balloon in the film is lifted by gas which need not be heated, but is lighter than air at ordinary temperatures due to its physical nature. It's most likely helium. A balloon of this type is operated quite differently from a hot air balloon, and as far as the film goes into the technical matters concerning this, it's reasonably accurate to the best of my knowledge. All things being equal, a balloon such as the one used in the film and currently in equilibrium -- not rising or sinking -- can theoretically stay at its current altitude indefinitely, and gas must be released or ballast jettisoned to descent or ascend respectively. A flight aboard a gas balloon is said to be a sublime experience, carrying passengers aloft without the usual noise of aircraft motors. If the balloon itself no longer contains enough, but still contains almost enough helium to lift the gondola and passengers, it should descend at a slow and steady rate until it lands.
By contrast, a hot air balloon depends entirely on the continuous heating of ordinary air. The burner, which is VERY noisy, can be briefly turned off to allow passengers the experience of floating silently in the sky, but it soon must be turned on to keep the balloon in flight. If the burner fails or the fuel supply runs out, the balloon will descend at an ever faster rate which cannot be diminished by jettisoning anything. Pithecanthropus4152 ( talk) 08:15, 6 September 2017 (UTC)
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I Removed the bit about cannibalism. The Indians try to burn Passepartout at the stake, and he refers to the incident as being 'cooked,' but there's not the slightest implication the Indians planned to eat him. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.2.129.220 ( talk) 05:14, 3 July 2009 (UTC) ---
Regular 35 mm film runs 90 feet a minute with 24 frames per second (fps). Still with 24 fps a 70 mm print runs 112,5 feet per minute. This movie was shot in 65 mm with 30 fps, e.g. 140,625 feet per minute. With a running time of 183 minutes, the total length of a print must have been 25 734,375 feet (7 843,8375 m), not only 22 000 as claimed in this article. I will change accordingly. -- Towpilot ( talk) 04:58, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
This is from "A collision in the air", which is another Verne novel. I was surprised when I read AtWi80D. I think it works well to make the film great fun for the kids too. 69.122.62.231 ( talk) 20:59, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
I noticed the "citation needed" notation on the claim "The movie holds the record for the highest number of animals ever employed." IMDB's trivia page for this movie states that "The film utilized the talents of, at that time the most animals ever in any film," suggesting that the record has since been broken. Perhaps the claim in the article should be revised to say "at that time" until it can be verified that this movie still holds that record. Erality ( talk) 23:23, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
I added a "citation needed" to the claim that "Todd also used over 6000 buffalo for a stampede scene" because IMDB's trivia page states that "2,448 buffalo" were used. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Erality ( talk • contribs) 23:35, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
Mr. Todd appears to have mistakenly kept Princess Aouda in Hindu garb when in fact her dress in the original novel is carefully described by Verne: a dress of Scotch stuff, a mantle, and a beautiful otterskin pelisse. I still have no idea why he did it that way.
"£55,000 (equal to £3,641,794 today)" Too many significant figures. I don't know on what date that sentence was written, but I bet if I did the calculation today it would no longer be accurate. 91.107.166.36 ( talk) 22:30, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
Worth saying that there is no balloon in the novel. Kittybrewster ☎ 12:27, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
There's no hot air balloon in the movie. It appears to be a hydrogen balloon. My memory of the movie is unreliable, but the posters clearly show a gas balloon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.38.36.227 ( talk) 18:37, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
Folks, I am cruise the back issues of PM and PS and FLIGHT looking for citations for aviation and weapons article. When I came across a 1956 article dealing with the special effects used for this movie. I removed the smaller citation needed tags from the texts and then I removed the larger one at the top of the article/production section. I may have been a little zealot in removing the larger citation needed boxes. I left the smaller citation need tags in the paragraphs which the 1956 PM article did not cover (eg the Bullfight). If anyone wants to revert that action I have no problem with it. If I did over do it, my apologizes. Jack --
Jackehammond (
talk)
06:05, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
IT IS NOT A HOT AIR BALLOON!!
IT IS NOT A HOT AIR BALLOON!!
IT IS NOT A HOT AIR BALLOON!!
Why do the editors and writers insist on calling it one, as if any balloon large enough to carry people must be a hot air balloon? The balloon in the film is lifted by gas which need not be heated, but is lighter than air at ordinary temperatures due to its physical nature. It's most likely helium. A balloon of this type is operated quite differently from a hot air balloon, and as far as the film goes into the technical matters concerning this, it's reasonably accurate to the best of my knowledge. All things being equal, a balloon such as the one used in the film and currently in equilibrium -- not rising or sinking -- can theoretically stay at its current altitude indefinitely, and gas must be released or ballast jettisoned to descent or ascend respectively. A flight aboard a gas balloon is said to be a sublime experience, carrying passengers aloft without the usual noise of aircraft motors. If the balloon itself no longer contains enough, but still contains almost enough helium to lift the gondola and passengers, it should descend at a slow and steady rate until it lands.
By contrast, a hot air balloon depends entirely on the continuous heating of ordinary air. The burner, which is VERY noisy, can be briefly turned off to allow passengers the experience of floating silently in the sky, but it soon must be turned on to keep the balloon in flight. If the burner fails or the fuel supply runs out, the balloon will descend at an ever faster rate which cannot be diminished by jettisoning anything. Pithecanthropus4152 ( talk) 08:15, 6 September 2017 (UTC)