Alice's Balloon Race

1926 Animation 8 minutes Directed by Walt Disney

About Alice's Balloon Race

Alice and Julius enter a $10,000 balloon race as one of four teams. A rival knocks them down, bag still sealed, until Julius peppers a smoking hippo into a sneeze that launches Alice without him. Lightning empties the balloon after he climbs aboard. He rigs a dachshund, empty thought balloons, and an air-filled elephant, then chases the rival on a bird into another storm.

Cast & crew

More about Alice's Balloon Race

Walt Disney directed. Margie Gay plays Alice. Wikidata dates the release January 15, 1926. Listings give about eight minutes.

Themes

Scenes

  • Pepper makes the hippo sneeze the balloon off the ground, with Julius left below.
  • Julius pumps an elephant full of air and uses it as a balloon.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (Alice's Balloon Race (1926) silent.webm)