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Go to HomepageReel Number: 221272-02
Color: Black and White
Sound: SD
Year / Date: 1954
Country: USA
Location: New York City,NYC
TC Begins: 12:12:49
TC Ends: 12:22:56
Duration: 00:10:07
The Helicopter Encyclopaedia Britannica 12:13:05 Four-engine commercial plane taking off past camera. Small military jet taking off & flyover. Parked commercial aircraft, plane landing w/ helicopter hovering & landing in front of Fly-Eastern hanger. Pan to another one taking off, side containers to carry mail to post office, POV landing on Post Office roof, seen landing & man out to it. 12:14:39 Man shoveling pesticide into tank, crop dusting. Along power lines; w/ pontoons landing on swamp. Poor quality footage of war rescues of wounded, carrying stretchers. 12:16:02 New England Helicopter taking off, circling behind large home. 12:16:24 Small private plane; two jets fly over; propellor; shape of airplane wing. Animated diagram showing distance of lower & upper surface w/ lift shown. 12:17:40 Man walks to Bell helicopter w/ blades shown in CU. Pilot starts, blades spinning & lifting & taking off. Autogyro footage, several modern streamlined models w/ take off & landing. Bell helicopter turning in air w/ tail rotor. 12:19:16 Two boys & toy rotor demonstrates effect of tilting & causing to fly in that direction. Boy runs & climbs in helicopter for ride. CU hand on throttle or stick. POV over city streets & electric company. 12:21:11 Different helicopters Single rotor, dual rotors in opposite directions. Twin rotor that can carry 16. Jet helicopter demonstrated w/ two men on it. Several in flight close together. Military test helicopters. 12:22:19 Trucks past on city streets. 12:22:27 Helicopter taking off from Post Office building & tilt up from ground to see it fly over. The End. 1950s Commercial Aviation Development; Future; Futurism; Promotion; Americana; Agriculture Crop Dusting; Educational Films; Transportation;