Demonstration Of Kay Autogyro At Southampton 1938

Star Item

Description

Southampton, Hampshire.

Various shots of the Kay Autogyro being demonstrated. It takes off and is seem in flight before landing again.

Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
17155
Sort Number:
38/037
Time in/Out:
01:02:02:00 / 01:02:35:00
Canister:
38/37
Film ID:
965.03
Issue Date:
09/05/1938

Comments (1)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.

  • The aircraft seen here is a Kay Type 33/1 gyroplane. Reg. No. G-ACVA. It was the only example of its type ever built.

    The craft has been preserved and is now displayed at the Museum of Flight, in Scotland.

    jamied 13th Jun 2012

Add your comment

To post a comment, please Register or to add a comment
Adrenaline seekers from the past have left an indelible mark on the Pathe archive. Some were so dangerous they even lost their lives. Here are 10 top daredevils.
daredevil
Terrorism is nothing new. The Pathe archive has a vast collection of material related to terrorist attacks dating back to 1919 right through to the 2005 London bombings.
911
British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
Franz Reichelt

Related Videos

Hide
Home Of The Tern

Home Of The Tern

Good footage of thousands of terns flying and nesting on a sand bank off the coast of Australia.

Madam Chiang Kai Chek Flies Back To Interior

Madam Chiang Kai Chek Flies Back To Interior

Madam Chiang Kai Chek boards a plane to fly back to her husband in China.

People In The News - Formosa - Chiang Kai Shek

People In The News - Formosa - Chiang Kai Shek

Chiang Kai Shek affirms his Far East Policy at the press conference.

Formosa Parade

Formosa Parade

Chiang Kai Shek reviews his forces on his embattled island - Formosa.

Selected Originals Formosa Parade.

Selected Originals Formosa Parade.

Material relating to the newsreel item "Formosa Parade" 56/11

(Madam Chiang Kai Shek In Canada)

(Madam Chiang Kai Shek In Canada)

Wife of Chinese leader gets warm welcome, as she speaks to Canadian Parliament.

( Formosa Gets Nike Hercules - Missile Might )

( Formosa Gets Nike Hercules - Missile Might )

Chiang Kai Shek inspects Nike-Hercules missile installation near Taipei.

 

 

The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
Death Row
The images taken from inside Buchenwald Concentration Camp after its Liberation show us what it was like; it tells us what happened and forces us to remember.
Buchenwald
The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
Churchill
WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
Battle
Life before health and safety laws; men worked at huge heights, balancing on girders and cranes all in order to help build the world's tallest skyscrapers.
Vertigo
Private UFOs, flying bicycles, motorised wheels - Pathe's archive is awash with fabulous films of canny and creative transport inventions.
Transport_Inventions
Over its history, the Pathe cameras filmed a number of people who had committed heinous crimes. So in no particular order, these images show ten faces of truly evil men and women.
Himmler