NOVA · SEASON 42
Ben Franklin's Balloons
Episode 5 · 2014-10-22
- Documentary
Episode overview
NOVA re-creates key flights, including the world’s first manned voyage on November 21, 1783. A descendant of the Montgolfier brothers, whose exploits fascinated Benjamin Franklin, will join a team to build an accurate replica of the fragile paper and canvas craft using 18th-century tools and materials.
55 minutes
Season 42 episodes
1. Vaccines Calling the Shots2014-09-10
2. Rise of the Hackers2014-09-24
3. Why Planes Vanish2014-10-08
4. Surviving Ebola2014-10-08
5. Ben Franklin's Balloons2014-10-22
6. First Air War2014-10-29
7. Bigger Than T. rex2014-11-05
8. Emperor’s Ghost Army2014-11-12
9. Killer Landslides2014-11-19
10. First Man on the Moon2014-12-03
11. Big Bang Machine2015-01-14
12. Sunken Ship Rescue2015-01-21
13. Sinkholes—Buried Alive2015-01-28
14. Colosseum: Roman Death Trap2015-02-11
15. Petra: Lost City of Stone2015-02-18
16. Hagia Sophia: Istanbul’s Ancient Mystery2015-02-25
17. The Great Math Mystery2015-04-15
18. Invisible Universe Revealed2015-04-22
19. Nazi Attack on America2015-05-06
20. Lethal Seas2015-05-13
21. Chasing Pluto2015-07-15
22. Nuclear Meltdown Disaster2015-07-29
