Giles Camplin interview

Category: oral-history

Catalogue number: OH0014

Giles Camplin

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Description:
  • Ballooning and airships with personal experiences. 
  • Balloon flights, licenses, and filming with Anthony Smith and Albert Finney. 
  • Cross-channel hot air balloon flight and its challenges. 
  • Hot air balloon flight with Gerry Turnbull in France.
  • James Bond movies and Ian Flemings children's story about a flying car. (26:00)
  • Building and flying Chitty Chitty Bang Bang for a film in 1967. 
  • Airship and hot air balloon flying experiences. 
  • Ballooning adventures with a focus on a memorable flight with a Polish Second World War pilot. 
  • Flying sculptures for publicity stunts. 
  • Balloon flying experiences and research on airship ground handling. 
Interviewer: Jennifer D'Alton
Interview date: 10 July 2024
Transcript pdf (click to open in new tab):Giles Camplin Transcript.pdf
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