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History of the Helicopter, The Pt 2 of 2

Reel Number: 221293-03

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1952

Country: USA

Location:

TC Begins: 07:27:57

TC Ends: 07:36:15

Duration: 00:08:18

The History of the Helicopter Pt. 2 of 2 Continued... 07:27:57 1952 helicopter demonstrated. 07:28:27 British Bristol 171 carrying 3 passengers plus pilot. 07:28:40 Large Cierva-Weir W-11 Air-Horse which had large lifting capacity but crashed & project abandoned. Demonstrated & seen flying & landing from above & below. 07:29:08 Cierva-Weir W-14 Skeeter designed in 1948 w/ limited production thru 1960, used by British military. 07:29:21 Fairey Aviation Company’s Girodyne shown at 124.3 mph. View from inside also. 07:29:43 Louis Breguet 3-seater w/ super-imposed contra-rotating rotors. 07:29:56 Based on Foche-Achegelis related twin rotor Fa-61 is a updated six-seater made by Sudess 07:30:09 Sudoest Aerial II experiment helicopter driven by jets at blade tips. 07:30:33 Bell experimental “Little Henry” tested. 07:30:49 Hiller Hornet & no hands flying w/ jet driven. 07:31:04 Sikorsky S-51 landing near control tower. Night shot of S-51 taking off to deliver mail by night; now being built in England by Westlands Helicopters. Day & take off of Sikorsky S-55. 07:31:44 Bell HH-12 being loaded w/ large container from fork-lift. 07:31:57 Farmers looking at smaller Bell & used to dust & spray farms & orchards. Blowing walnuts to ground. Surveyors & others using in oil exploration. 07:32:49 Many Piasecki Helicopter Corporation’s “Flying Banana” PV-3 Dogships landing & dropping soldiers. 07:32:59 Kaman twin rotor military trainer. 07:33:09 Military evacuation by helicopter; removing seamen from ship. Adm. Byrd in Antarctica, 1946 . 07:33:49 Hiller 360, several flying around JFK. Helicopters over Grand Canyon, herding elk, moving constructioin materials in Wales. Views from w/ shadow on ground of various.. Man rolls Hiller Hornet out of garage; two single passenger helicopters landing. Engineers reesearching aviation engines; frames; night shot of jet rotors. Transportation; Inventions; Inventors; Flying; Aviation; Promotional Films; Educational Films;

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