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blimp

Airship; any self-propelled, lighter-than-air craft that can be steered. A blimp with a soft frame is also called a dirigible; a zeppelin is rigid-framed.



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He is most often remembered for the three Powell & Pressburger films in which he starred: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, I Know Where I'm Going
You don't have to be a right-wing Colonel Blimp figure to suppress a gag reflex at all of this.
She appeared in a number of wartime films including The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, one of three she made with directors Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger - grandfather of Trainspotting producer Andrew MacDonald and his Oscar-winning brother Kevin, director of Touching The Void and The Last King of Scotland.
 
 
 
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