Five Weeks in a Balloon
1962 · 1h 41m · Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family · United States of America · Rated U (GB)
DISCOVER...! The slave market of Zanzibar! The forbidden city of Timbuktu! The treacherous Simoon of the Sahara!
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.
Directed by
Irwin AllenBased on the novel by
Jules Verne5.9Smart score
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19th centuryafricabased on novel or bookchimpanzeeexplorationexploration of africahot air balloonjules vernevictorian erazanzibar
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