The Helicopter 1921

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Item title reads - Paris. "The Helicopter". Weird looking - contrivance with which inventor has just succeeded in rising horizontally.

Shot of the early helicopter hovering above the ground and veering from side to side, people run about underneath it trying to control it. It looks like a...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
22196
Sort Number:
G 0761
Time in/Out:
01:38:24:00 / 01:39:08:00
Canister:
G 761
Film ID:
230.34
Issue Date:
07/04/1921

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