The Flapper 1929

Star Item

Description

Story begins with an intertitle: "Unlike most of the flappers we know, this one has wings."

M/S of a man constructing a flying machine. Another man assists him in attaching a wing to his machine. C/U of the bottom of the machine as the inventor cranks a handle to start it.

M/S of...

more

Data

Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
14852
Sort Number:
Unknown
Time in/Out:
01:26:18:00 / 01:27:39:00
Canister:
EP 079
Film ID:
866.15
Issue Date:

Comments (0)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

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

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
Sewing Machines

Sewing Machines

Old and new sewing machines are contrasted.

Cuts / Out Takes For Cp 517 - Reel 1 Of 2 - Aquaplaning, Duo-Peds And Sewing Machines

Cuts / Out Takes For Cp 517 - Reel 1 Of 2 - Aquaplaning, Duo-Peds And Sewing Machines

Out takes (rushes, cuts) for stories featured in CP 517.

High Steps

High Steps

Young girl dressed as a flapper dances a Charleston on the wing of an aeroplane.

British Screen Beauty Search

British Screen Beauty Search

Some of the finalists in Pathe's search for a British Screen Beauty.

(And Now Today - Self Defence)

(And Now Today - Self Defence)

Flapper chick demonstrates her self defence prowess.

Schoolgirls Model Autumn Fashions

Schoolgirls Model Autumn Fashions

American teenagers show off new fashions based on 1920s designs.

(The Rise And Fall Of The Flapper)

(The Rise And Fall Of The Flapper)

Funny animation showing how a man prefers the "Flapper" of a year ago to one dressed in longer frock.

 

 

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