The Balloon Goes Up is a 1942 British black-and-white comedy musical war film, directed by Redd Davis and starring Ronald Shiner, Ethel Revnell, Gracie West, Donald Peers and Elsie Wagstaff.^[1] It was produced by New Realm Pictures.

The title refers to the 'Balloon Going Up', a popular euphemism for an anticipated German invasion of Britain during the Second World War. This musical-comedy film is a collection of music hall gags and radio one-line jokes. It is also an anti-Nazi war film.^[2]

The term was also used by members of the US military up to the 1990s as a euphemism for World War Three starting with the Soviet Union.

• The Balloon Goes Up at AllMovie
• The Balloon Goes Up at the British Film Institute^{[better source needed]}
• The Balloon Goes Up at IMDb

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