The Helicopter - A Growing Child (1925)

Airmen inspect aircraft, it has rotors mounted on top of wings. Aircraft attempts take off. It lifts and moves forwards for about 20ft then drops. Title reads “It’s a helicopter and relies for lift upon a single engine and the large twin screws you saw whirling around“. C/U front of aircraft as engine is turned. Helicopter, engine running and rotors turning, lifts from the ground & drops again. Safety print exists. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the